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Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... Ocular Surface ... Subconjunctival Hemorrhage ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
, anterior and posterior ... ophthalmicus • Orbital cellulitis ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... • Is the eye painful ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Diagnosis Lids: ... • Periorbital cellulitis ... Subconjunctival hemorrhage ... #table #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
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Orbital Cellulitis ... Impaired extra-ocular ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cataracts - Macula: Macular ... - Unilateral, Painful ... , Vitreal Hemorrhage ... #causes #ophthalmology
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Orbital cellulitis ... - Orbital hemorrhage ... Unilateral #Bilateral #Causes ... #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic symptoms ... Trauma • Subdural Hemorrhage ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Periorbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Dacryoadenitis: infection of the lacrimal glands
b. Conjunctivitis: inflammation of the
Note: Eye exam ... normal: - extra-ocular ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

What is your diagnosis?
Resolution: Vitreous Hemorrhage. Unlike linear echoes c/w vitreous &
What is your diagnosis ... forms a meniscus @ posterior ... aspect of eye) ... seaweed (in this case ... clinical #ultrasound #Ophthalmology