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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
Clinical:
 • Sudden, painless, complete loss of vision 
 • Pale retina
Central Retinal ... Artery Occlusion ... complete loss of vision ... • Pale retina ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Fundoscopy
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Detachment • Posterior ... Hemorrhage • Central ... Retinal Artery ... #differential # ... diagnosis #radiology #ophthalmology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Detachment, Central ... Retinal Artery ... Occlusion, Central ... Diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Differential Diagnosis ... retinopathy • Central ... poisoning • Central ... #differential # ... diagnosis #ophthalmology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
Anatomy: First branch of the internal carotid artery is the ophthalmic artery
Central Retinal ... splits into the posterior ... which supply the eye ... #Fundoscopy #Central ... #Retinal #Artery
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... specks in the vision ... temporary dimming of vision ... #Floaters #Differential ... Diagnosis #Ocular #ophthalmology
92F w acute painless monocular vision loss. What's the diagnosis?

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Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO)! Retrobulbar "spot
painless monocular vision ... Central retinal ... artery occlusion ... waveform in normal eye ... #Clinical #POCUS
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... caustic exposure to eye ... Loss: • Retinal ... artery or vein ... diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Age Related Macular Degeneration: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Photoreceptor atrophy 
-> Extracellular debris (drusen) from RPE atrophy/metabolism
- Distorted central ... vision -> Distortion ... RPE -> Loss of photo ... vision -> Straight ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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loss - Differential ... changes in gaze/eye ... floaters obscuring central ... Monocular #VisionLoss #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology