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Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Myopia • Cataract ... tear/hole • Retinal ... , a retinal tear ... #Ocular #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 ... Approach to Eye Disease ... Uveitis Lens: • Cataracts ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... (panuveitis, retinal ... : Giant retinal ... tears, Ischemia, ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Myopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Axial length of eye -> Long axial length of the
of one or more ocular ... of the eye (ex. cataract ... in front of the retina ... vision #Myopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Presbyopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Presbyopia is part of the normal ageing of the lens
Sclerosis, heart disease ... Light rays from near ... converge behind the retina ... #Presbyopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Risk factors -> Incr IOP, Incr age, African-American
myopia, vascular disease ... intra- or peri-ocular ... influx and NO in retinal ... OpenAngle #Glaucoma #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology