Eye Atlas

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#Ptosis abnormal low-lying upper eyelid margin. Normal adult upper lid lies 1.5 mm below the superior corneal limbus

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#Dermatochalasis excess skin upper or lower eyelid "baggy eyes." Acquired/congenital. Treated #blepharoplasty .

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Normal healthy #eye Vs Viral #conjunctivitis Vs Bacterial conjunctivitis Vs #Allergic conjunctivitis

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#Blepharitis is eyelid inflammation, associated with a bacterial #eye infection, symptoms of dry eyes and burning

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#Distichiasis is abnormal growth of lashes from the orifices of the meibomian glands on the posterior eyelid margin

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#BRAO intraluminal embolus, retinal whitening. The embolus is yellow and refractile, #Hollenhorst plaque.

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#Retinitis #pigmentosa, perivascular RPE hyperpigmentation, #bone-spicules, vascular attenuation, disc waxy pallor

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#Interferon retinopathy, multiple peripapillary cotton-wool spots.
DDx: diabtetes, hypertension, HIV

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#poliosis, premature whitening eyelashes due to ocular or systemic causes eg: Sympathetic ophthalmitis, blepharitis

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#Episcleritis: Acute onset of redness, mild pain, mild/moderate tenderness over the area of episcleral nodule.

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Fundus findings in #Diabetic #Retinopathy
Blot Hemorrhages
Flame Hemorrhages
Cotton Wool Spot

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Retinal tear vs Retinal detachment.
#retinal #detachment

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Central retinal vein occlusion, #CRVO
Risk factors: hypertension, diabetes, High IOP, hyperviscosity

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Branch retinal vein occlusion, #BRVO
Segmental hemorrhage along the superotemporal quadrant.

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#Ectropion, causes include:
•Involutional orbicularis muscle laxity
•scarring of periorbital skin
•7th nerve palsy

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Dalrymple’s
sign, lid retraction in primary gaze in #thyroid eye disease.

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Post trachomatous concretions.
#PTCS Concretion in the palpebral conj, small, hard, yellowish-white calcified matter

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#Thyroid Eye Disease "TED"
Graves' Disease.

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#Rizzutti sign, in #keratoconus, conical reflection on nasal cornea when a penlight is shone from the temporal side.

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#Keratoconus , central/paracentral cornea undergoes progressive thinning & bulging, it takes on the shape of a cone