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Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Orbital hemorrhage ... • Fevers • Eye ... pain • Eye redness ... #Causes #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... caustic exposure to eye ... detachment or hemorrhage ... caustic exposure to eye ... #causes #ophthalmology
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Detachment • Posterior ... @Pocus101 #Ocular ... #differential #diagnosis ... #radiology #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Diagnosis Framework ... , anterior and posterior ... Episcleritis Ocular ... or bilateral symptoms ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... Retinal Detachment: Symptoms ... hypotension - bilateral ... syneresis • Vitreous hemorrhage ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cataracts - Macula: Macular ... , Vitreal Hemorrhage ... exposure) - Bilateral ... #causes #ophthalmology
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
on Ocular POCUS ... think intrinsic eye ... /detachment diagnosis ... #Ocular #POCUS ... #ultrasound #Ophthalmology
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Orbital Cellulitis Ocular ... Subconjunctival Hemorrhage ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
- Differential Diagnosis ... middle layer of the eye ... anterior uveitis • Posterior-choroid ... /bilateral up to ... #Causes #ophthalmology
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mydriasis • Bilateral ... Horner's syndrome, Posterior ... Neuro: Pontine hemorrhage ... #ophthalmology