Double vision

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Double vision

Contents 170 Introduction 172 Examination checklist 174 Management flowchart 185 Monocular diplopia 186 Binocular diplopia 186 Muscle or orbit disease Restrictive myopathy Paretic myopathy Acute orbitopathy 193 Neuromuscular junction disease…

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Blurred vision or field loss: Not explained by visible ocular disease: optic disc/s normal, swollen, pale or “cupped”

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Blurred vision or field loss: Not explained by visible ocular disease: optic disc/s normal, swollen, pale or “cupped”

Contents 28 Introduction 29 Examination checklist 31 Management flowchart 39 Optic neuropathy 40 Acute optic neuropathies 67 Chronic optic neuropathies 82 Suggested investigations for optic neuropathy that cannot be diagnosed…

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Staying out of trouble

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Staying out of trouble

Contents 5 Twenty neuro “rules” to keep you out of trouble If you read only one chapter in this book, read this one. It covers the most common and most…

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Neuro-ophthalmic history and examination

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Neuro-ophthalmic history and examination

Contents 328 Introduction 328 History 331 Examination Visual acuity (VA) Color vision Visual fields to confrontation Fixation, alignment and eye movements Pupils Eyelids Orbits Cranial nerves Temporal arteries Slit-lamp examination…

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Ptosis

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Contents 294 Introduction 294 Examination checklist 297 Management flowchart 298 Aponeurotic ptosis 299 Ptosis due to levator myopathy 300 Ptosis due to myasthenia gravis 301 Ptosis due to partial third…

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Unequal pupils

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Unequal pupils

Contents 276 Introduction 277 Examination checklist 279 Management flowchart 280 Approach to anisocoria 280 Anisocoria with normally reactive pupils Physiologic anisocoria Horner syndrome Intermittent unilateral pupillary mydriasis (sympathetic form) 287…

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Facial weakness or spasm

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Facial weakness or spasm

Contents 306 Introduction 307 Examination checklist 308 Facial weakness Facial nerve palsy 312 Involuntary facial movements Orbicularis oculi myokymia Blepharospasm Hemifacial spasm Aberrant regeneration of the facial nerve Introduction Facial…

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“Seeing things”

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on “Seeing things”

Contents 242 Introduction 243 Examination checklist 245 Visual illusions Metamorphopsia Diplopia or polyopia Palinopsia Akinetopsia 249 Visual hallucinations Simple visual hallucinations Complex visual hallucinations Introduction Patients may “see things” because…

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Unexplained eye pain, orbital pain or headache

Jun 25, 2019 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Unexplained eye pain, orbital pain or headache

Contents 318 Introduction 318 Examination checklist 319 Ophthalmic causes of headache or facial pain Headache due to angle-closure glaucoma Headache due to herpes zoster ophthalmicus Headache due to refractive error…

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