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Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear ... may be long or short ... each of the above photos ... metaplasia, pernicious anemia ... some hemolytic anemias
Cotton Wool Spots

Caused by microinfarcts. Exploded ganglion cell axons extrude their axoplasm into retina. Long DDx:
Cotton Wool Spots ... diabetes, HIV, severe anemia ... #CottonWool #Spots ... #fundoscopy #ophthalmology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Summary of Causes and Ocular Manifestations
 • Molluscum lesions
 • Eyelid Kaposi
of Causes and Ocular ... • Cotton wool spots ... #AIDS #Ocular ... Complications #ophthalmology
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
Bitot's Spots- A ... The ocular findings ... consistent with Bitot’s spots ... #NEJM #clinical ... #spots #Corynebacterium
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... mucins with reduced tear ... conjunctiva) • Bitot's spots ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Purtscher Retinopathy on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

33 year-old who presents 2 weeks after car accident.  Fundus
on Fundoscopy Ocular ... Examination 33 year-old ... multiple cotton-wool spots ... Retinopathy #cottonwool #spots ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Cotton Wool Spots- "In otherwise healthy patients, the observance of a cotton wool spot (CWS) is
Cotton Wool Spots ... a cotton wool spot ... single cotton wool spot ... #retina #Ophthalmology ... #photo #hypertensive
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Patients As: • Black spots ... the vision • Spots ... • Vitritis • Tear ... Differential #Diagnosis #Ocular ... #ophthalmology
Reversible Loss of Vision in Malignant Hypertension - Fundus examination revealed bilateral disk edema (Panel A,
black arrow), macular ... and cotton-wool spots ... B, arrow) and macular ... #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... SplinterHemorrhages #NEJM
Halo Sign in Basal Skull Fracture

Halo of lighter liquid around blood spot on the cloth indicates
liquid around blood spot ... leaking from the ear ... Trauma #Clinical #Photo