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Term
pale child + severe colic + vomitting
Definition
acute intussusception
Term
prostration and anxiety + intense central pain + profuse vomiting +/- bloody diarrhea
Definition
mesenteric arterial occlusion
Term
localised RIF pain + anorexia + nausea + vomitting + gaurding
Definition
acute appendicitis
Term
colicky central pain + vomiting + distension + no flatus + spasms for 1 minute
Definition
small bowel obstruction
Term
colicky pain hypogastric + distension +/- vomiting
Definition
large bowel obstruction
Term
sudden severe continuous epigastric pain + anxious, still, grey, sweaty + deceptive improvement
Definition
perforated peptic ulcer
Term
intense loin pain to groin + microscopic haematuria
Definition
ureteric clic
Term
severe pain + vomiting + pain radiation (shoulder/scapula)
Definition
biliary colic
Term
severe epigastric pain + N/V + relative lack of abdominal signs
Definition
acute pancreatitis
Term
acute left iliac fossa pain + left sided radiation + fever
Definition
acute diverticulitis
Term
non specific urethritis + conjunctivitis +/- iritis + arthritis
Definition
reactive arthritis
Term
arthralgia + purpuric rash +- abdominal pain
Definition
Henloch Schoenlein purpura
Term
bruising + oral bleeding + epistaxis
Definition
ITP
Term
menorrhagia + bruising + increased bleeding (incisions, dental, mucosal)
Definition
von Willebrand disease
Term
spontaneous haemarthrosis + musce bleeds + delayed bleeding
Definition
haemophilia A
Term
(unilateral) tinnitus + hearing loss + unsteady gait
Definition
acoustic neuroma
Term
acute vertigo + nausea + vomiting
Definition
vestibular neuritis
Term
hearing loss + acute vertigo + nausea + vomiting +- tinnitus
Definition
acute labyrinthitis
Term
vertigo + vomitting + tinnitus + sensoneural deafness
Definition
Meniere syndrome
Term
malaise + anorexia + dyspepsia + weight loss
Definition
stomach cancer
Term
loss of appetite + weight + colour
Definition
stomach cancer
Term
fatigue + dysphagia + weight loss
Definition
oesophageal cancer
Term
headache + vomiting + visual aura
Definition
migraine with aura classic
Term
retroorbital headache + rhinorrhea + lacrimation
Definition
cluster headache
Term
drowsiness + vomiting + seizure
Definition
raised intracranial pressure
Term
occiputal headache + vomiting + neck stiffness
Definition
sub arachnoid headache
Term
headache + visual obscurations + nausea
Definition
benign intracranial hypertension
Term
fever + upper abdominal pain + jaundice
Definition
acute cholangitis
Term
jaundice + constitutional symptoms (malaise anorexia weight loss) + epigastric pain (radiating to back)
Definition
pancreatic cancer
Term

myalgia, fever, headaches for 2-3 days

then vessicular rash

Definition
adult chicken pox
Term

fever, malaise, anorexia, cough, cory conjunctivitis

then rash first behind ears, then on face, then truck then limbs

Definition
measles
Term

pale pink maculopapular rash

starts on face and neck, then trunk and extremities, no prodrome, low fever

Definition
Rubella
Term

bright macular rash on face/cheeks circumoral pallor

then maculopapuar rash on limbs

worse with sun,wind, bath

Definition
erythema infectiosum/parvovirus/slapped cheek
Term

child 6-18 months

high fever and runny nose then

3 days later red maclopapular rash mainly on trunk

Definition

roseola infantum

herpes virus 6

Term

children under 10

fever headache malaise

1-2 days then

vesicles on mouth, gums, hands palms soles

Definition

hand foot mouth

cocksackie

Term

2 days of malaise, fever, sore throat and vomiting

rash on day 2 blanching starts on neck then cubital fossae, skinfolds, axillae, groin

circumoral pallor, feels like sandpaper, strawberry tongue

Definition

scarlet fever

strep pyogenes

Term
miserable child, high fever >39 for 5 days not responding to paracetamol
Definition
kawasaki disease
Term

high fever headache malaise

orchitis unilateral

parotid swelling

Definition
mumps
Term

1 week of coryza, anorexia, conjunctivitis, dry cough

then evere paroxysms at night with post tussive vomit and inspiratory sound

Definition
pertussis, whooping cough
Term
proteinuria, generalised oedema, waxy pallor
Definition
nephrotic syndrome
Term
discoloured urine, periorbital oedema, oliguria
Definition
post strep glomerulonephritis
Term
painful swallow, referred ear pain, hoarseness
Definition
pharyngeal cancer
Term
dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
Definition
sjogrens syndrome
Term
recurrent oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, arthritis
Definition
Behcet syndrome
Term

40 yo and over with restricted shoulder movement unilaterally

Definition

rotator cuff syndrome

Term
teenager - sore shoulder
Definition
laxity
Term
50 yo with sore shoulder increasingly worse mobility, shoulder pain no good reason
Definition
adhesive capsulitis - frozen shoulder
Term
65 over with sore shoulder
Definition
arthritis
Term
Choice of imaging for ac joint -
Definition

bone scan

Term
choice of imaging for osteoarthritis
Definition

xray

Term
imaging for instability in shoulder
Definition

mri

Term
choice of imaging for rotator cuff syndrome
Definition
uss
Term

non healing otitis externa in diabetic or immunocompromised

Definition
– malignant otitis externa
Term

Dizziness in bed - multiple attacks - only for minutes

Definition
BPPPV
Term

Dizziness while standing (not in bed) multiple episodes with no hearing loss -

Definition
migraine with vertigo
Term

Dizziness while standing not postural, multiple episodes with hearing loss, no headache and tinnitus

Definition
Menieres
Term

Dizziness not postural, single episode for hours to 24 hours – no hearing loss

Definition
vestibular neuronitis
Term
Dizziness not postural, single episode for hours to 24 hours – with hearing loss + DDx
Definition
Labyrinthitis DDx cerebellar stroke
Term
returned traveller, abdo pain, fever,chills
Definition
malaria
Term
traveller, fever, jaundice, bradycardia
Definition
yellow fever
Term
traveller, fever, vomiting, stupor
Definition
japanese encephalitis
Term
traveller, painful bite, parasthesia, painful drinking
Definition
rabies
Term
traveller, stepladder fever, abdo pain then pea soup diarrhea, bradycardia
Definition
typhoid
Term
fever, vomiting, abrupt watery diarrhea
Definition
cholera
Term
fever, severe aching, rash, traveller
Definition
dengue
Term
fever, pneumonia, myalgia
Definition
melioidosis
Term
abdo pain mild, recurrent diarrhea, eosinophilia
Definition
strongyloides
Term
angina, blackouts, dyspnoea
Definition
aortic stenosis
Term
menstrua dysfunction, obesity, hirsutism
Definition
pcos
Term
malaise, night sweats, pruritus
Definition
Hodgkin lymphoma
Term
abdo pain, diarrhea, fever
Definition
Crohn's disease
Term
vertigo, vomiting, tinnitus
Definition
Meniere's
Term
fatigue, muscle weakness, cramps
Definition
hypokalaemia
Term
fever, rigors, hypotension
Definition
septicemia
Term
fever, vomiting, headache
Definition
meningitis
Term
fever, drooling, stridor
Definition
epiglottitis
Term
headache, vomiting, altered consciousness
Definition
suarachnoid haemorrhage
Term
abdo pain, amenorrhea, pv bleeding
Definition
ectopic pregnancy
Term
fatigue, dyspnoea on exertion, dizziness
Definition
cardiomyopathy
Term
fatigue, weight loss, diarrhea
Definition
coeliac disease
Term
anorexia, nausea, faecal leaking, abdo bloating
Definition
faecal impaction
Term
abdo cramps, flatulence, profuse diarrhea
Definition
giardiasis
Term
lethargy, tiredness, arthralgia
Definition
haemochromatosis
Term
lethargy, abdo pains, irritable child
Definition
lead poisoning
Term
aching bones, waddling gait, deafness in child
Definition
Paget disease
Term
malaise, cough, fever +/- erythema nodosum
Definition
sarcoidosis or TB
Term
male child, snorting, blinking, grunts, expletives
Definition
Tourettes
Term
fever, sore throat, cervical lymphadenopathy
Definition
epstein barr mononucleiosis
Term
fatigue, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, sallow skin
Definition
chronic kidney disease
Term
polyuria, polydipsia, skin/orifice infections
Definition
diabetes
Term
FUO, cardiac murmur, embolic signs
Definition
infective endocarditis
Term
fatigue, polyarthritis, fever or skin lesions
Definition
SLE
Term
loin pain, haematuria, palpable loin mass
Definition
kidney carcinoma
Term
malaise, weight loss, cough
Definition
lung carcinoma
Term
fever, myalgia, headache, non productive cough
Definition
atypical pneumonia
Term
malaise, night sweats, painless lymphadenopathy
Definition
non Hodgkin lymphoma
Term
arthralgia, Raynauds phenomenon, GORD, skin thickening
Definition
systemic sclerosis
Term
fatigue, headache, jaw pain on chewing
Definition
temporal arteritis
Term
weakness, back pain, weight loss
Definition
multiple myeloma
Term
lethargy, physical mental slowing, constipation
Definition
hypothyroidism
Term
resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, postual instability
Definition
Parkinson disease
Term
dysarthria, intention tremor, nystagmus
Definition
cerebellar disease eg MS
Term
visual disturbance (blurred or transient loss), weakness in limbs +/- weakness in limbs
Definition
MS
Term
rigidity, bradykinesia, resting tremor
Definition
Parkinsons Disease
Term
tremor (postural/action), head tremor, absence of parkinsonian features
Definition
essential tremor
Term
fatiguable weak eyes/lids, limbs and bulbar muscles (speech/swallowing)
Definition
myasthenia gravis
Term
weakness of limbs, face and areflexia
Definition
Guillaume Barre
Term
dementia, myoclonus, ataxia
Definition
Creuzfedt Jakob disease
Term
drowsiness, vomiting, waking headache
Definition
raised intercranial pressure
Term
enopthalmos, meiosis, ptosis +/- anhydrosis
Definition
horners syndrome
Term
blank spell, lip smacking (or other automation), olefactory/gustatory hallucination
Definition
complex partial seizure
Term
gradual spread of focal jerking (mouth,arm,leg) or sensory disturbance or rarely visual field disturbance
Definition
simple partial seizure
Term
raised intracranial pressure +/- focal signs +/-seizures
Definition
cerebral tumour
Term
dysphagia, dysphonia/dysarthria, spastic tongue
Definition
pseudobulbar palsy
Term
recurrent unilateral headache, nausea (+/- vomiting), visual aura
Definition
classic migraine with aura
Term
recurrent severe retro-orbital headache, rhinorrhea, lacrimation
Definition
cluster headache
Term
instantaneous headache, vomiting, neck stiffness, relapsing consciousness
Definition
subarachnoid haemorrhage
Term
young obese female with headache, visual obscurations, papilloedema
Definition
benign intracranial hypertension
Term
acute and transient amaurosis fugax/dysphagia/hemiplegia
Definition
TIA
Term
temporalis atropy, frontal balding, muscle weakness +/-myotonia and cataracts
Definition
myotonic dystrophy
Term
ataxia, opthalmoplegia, areflexia
Definition
Miller Fischer variant of GBS
Term
vertigo, postural or on rolling
Definition
BPPPV
Term
upper and lower motor neurone signs with fasiculations
Definition
motor neurone disease
Term
abdominal pain, palpable rash on legs in child or young adult
Definition
Henloch Schonlein Purpura
Term
child with red itchy rash in flexure
Definition
atopic dermatitis
Term
crazy paved red rash on legs in 70 yo
Definition

asteatotic dermatitis

eczema craquele

Term
bizzrre or linear shaped red rash
Definition
contact dermatitis
Term
well demarcated plaque on wrist with intense scratching
Definition
lichen simplex
Term
thirsty, polyuria, weight loss
Definition
DM1
Term
fatigue, palpitations, SOB on exercise
Definition
anaemia
Term
microcytic anaemia, Fe and ferritin down, transferrin up
Definition
iron deficiency
Term
microcytic anaemia, normal or raised iron and ferritin
Definition
thalassemia or sideroblastic anaemia
Term
macrocytic anaemia, with megaloblastic changes
Definition
Vit B12/folate deficiency, cytotoxic drugs
Term
macrocytic anaemia, normal B12/folate
Definition
liver disease/alcoholism/myelodysplastic
Term
normocytic anaemia
Definition
acute blood loss, anaemia of chronic disease, haemolysis
Term
tiredness, husky voice, dry cool coarse skin, large tongue
Definition
hypothyroidism
Term
anxiety, weight loss, weakness
Definition
thyrotoxicosis
Term
sweating, nasal problems, tight rings/shoes
Definition
acromegaly
Term
weakness, polyuria, polydypsia
Definition
diabetes insipidus
Term
female with amenorrhea, loss of pubic/axillary hair, breast atrophy
Definition
hypopituitarism
Term
male with low libido, impotence, loss of body hair
Definition
hypopituitarism
Term
fatigue, anorexia, nasea, vomiting, abdo pain, skin discolouration
Definition
addisons disease
Term
thin extremities, muscle weakness, fat face
Definition
cushing syndrome
Term
weakness, constipation, polyuria
Definition
hypercalcemia
Term
cramps, confusion, tetany
Definition
hypocalcemia
Term
malaise weight loss cough
Definition
lung cancer
Term
child haematuria, abdo mass, malaise
Definition
Wilms tumour
Term
haematuria, loin pain, palpable kidney mass
Definition
renal cancer
Term
abdo discomfort, anorexia, abdo bloating/distension over 50 nulliparous woman
Definition
ovarian cancer
Term
blood in stool, abdo discomfort, change in bowel habit
Definition
colon cancer
Term
jaundice, anorexia, abdo discomfort/pain radiating to back relieved by sitting forward
Definition
pancreatic cancer (body/tail)
Term
jaundice, no pain
Definition
pancreatic cancer (head)
Term
child with malaise, pallor, bone pain
Definition
Acute lymphocytic leukaemia
Term
45 yo with malaise, pallor, oral problems
Definition
acute myeloid leukaemia
Term
50 yo with fatigue, night sweats, abdo fullness (or palpable spleen)
Definition

Chronic myeloid leukemia

philadelphia chromosome

Term

lymphadenopathy, fatigue, weight loss, fever/night sweats

in late middle age/elderly

Definition
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Term
painless cervical lymphadenopathy, malaise, fever/night sweats, pruritus
Definition
Hodgkins lymphoma
Term
rubbery lymph nodes, malaise, fever/night sweats
Definition
non - Hodgkin lymphoma
Term
older person with weakness, unexplained back pain, susceptible to infection
Definition

multiple myeloma

bence jones protein in urine

Term
headache, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, ataxia in child
Definition
medulloblastoma
Term
fever, extreme malaise, a/n/v, +/- anaemia
Definition
neuroblastoma
Term
fever, severe malaise, lymphadenopathy
Definition
acute HIV
Term
polyarthritis, fever, rash
Definition
Ross River fever
Term
fever unknown origin, cardiac murmur, embolism
Definition
endocarditis
Term
Cattle farmer with chronic fatigue, headache and wavering fever
Definition
brucellosis
Term
abrupt fever, headache, conjunctivitis
Definition
leptspirosis
Term
malaise, a/n/v, confusion +/- oliguria
Definition
acute renal failure
Term
5 days of fever, conjunctivitis then swollen hands feet
Definition
kawasaki
Term
child with respiratory symptoms, vomiting, mental changes +/- coma/seizure
Definition
Reye syndrome
Term
child with pallor, drowsiness, fever
Definition
meningitis
Term
child with malaise, fever, flitting plyarthritis, +/- rash, +/- chorea
Definition
rheumatic fever
Term
child undr 12 months with drowsiness, cough, wheezing
Definition
bronchiolitis
Term
boy under 3 months with weakness, weight loss, severe intermittent vomiting
Definition
pyloric stenosis
Term
neonate with drooling, vomit after first feeds, abdo distension
Definition
oesophageal or duodenal atresia
Term
child with pallor, malaise, bone pain
Definition
acute lymphatic leukemia
Term
child with malaise, pallor, oral problems (gum hypertrophy, bleeding, ulceration)
Definition
acute myeliod leukemia
Term
child abdo pain, malar flush, fever, +/- urti
Definition
mesenteric adenitis
Term
child with drowsiness, tachypnoea, chest wall recession
Definition
pneumonia
Term
child with fever, drowsiness, purpurice rash
Definition
meningococcal infection
Term
child with lethargy, drooling, stridor
Definition
epiglottitis
Term
child wih urti, diff cough, insp stridor
Definition
croup
Term
child wih cough, wheeze, chest wall recession
Definition
asthma or foreign body
Term
child with large ears, long narrow face, large genitals
Definition
fragile x
Term
child with small extremities, narrow forehead, eating disorder
Definition
prader willi
Term
elfin face, low set ears, cardiac murmur
Definition
williams syndrome
Term
girl with short neck webbed neck, pigmented naevi +/- cardiac diorder
Definition
turners syndrome
Term
child with fuo, abdo mas (haematuria sometimes)
Definition
wilms tumour
Term
child ith malaise, vague abdo pain, abnormal behaviour
Definition
lead poisoning
Term
child under 2 with lethargy, irratibility, pallor
Definition
iron def anaemia or thalassemia major
Term
child with fever, extreme malaise, a/n/v, +/- anaemia
Definition
neuroblastoma
Term
child with headache, a/n/v, ataxia
Definition
medulloblastoma
Term
teenager with irritability, vague abdo pain, disordered appetite
Definition
substance abuse
Term
teenager with mid low back pain, cant touh toes, kyphosis
Definition
Scheuermann disorder
Term
adolescent with limp, hp and knee pain
Definition
sipped capital femoral epiphysis
Term
fever, rigors, hypotension
Definition
septicemia
Term
fever, vomiting, headache
Definition
meningitis
Term
fatigue +/- dizziness +/- syncope
Definition
cardiac arrhythmia
Term
headache, vomiting, altered consciousness
Definition
sub arachnoid haemorrhage
Term
abdo pain, amenorrhea, abnormal vaginal bleeding
Definition
ectopic pregnancy
Term
fatigue, dyspnoea on exertion, dizziness
Definition
cardiomyopathy
Term
asthma, rhinitis, vasculitis, hypereosinophilia
Definition
churg strauss vasculitis
Term
malaie, rhinitis, sinusitis, wheeze, cough
Definition
wegeners granulomatosis
Term
male, oral/genital ulcers, knee pain, eye inflammation
Definition
Behcets
Term
malaise, painsful shoulder girdle, morning stiffness, over 50 years
Definition
polymyalgia rheumatica
Term
fatigue, jaw claudication, headache
Definition
temporal arteritis
Term
young-middle aged male; arthralgia, weight loss, fever +/- skin lesions
Definition
polyarteritis nodosa
Term

female 40-60

weakness, joint muscle pain

"sun burn" rash with periorbital oedema

Definition
dermatomyositis
Term
severe abdo pain, abnormal illness behaviour, red urine
Definition
acute intermittent porphyria
Term
microencephaly, retarded growth, facies
Definition
fetal alchol syndrome
Term
lanky menm small testes, infertility
Definition
klinefelter syndrome
Term
tall stature, dislocated lens, myopia, aortic root dilatation
Definition
marfans
Term
facies, Intellectual disability, large testes
Definition
fragile X
Term
urinary incontinence, ataxia, dementia
Definition
normal pressure hydrocephalus
Term

arthritis of DIP>PIP, base of thumb, 1st mtp, cervical and lumber spine, hips and knees

over 50 yo

Definition
osteoarthritis
Term
arthritis of PIP, MCP of hands, wrist, base of toes MTP, symmetrical, 30 - 50 yo female to male 3:1
Definition
rheumatoid arthritis
Term

arthritis symmetrical and variable, small joints fingers often slight

female to male 9:1 15-35 yo

Definition
SLE
Term

symmetrical arthritis

polyarthritis fingers

20-50 yo

F:M 3:1

Definition
scleroderma
Term

transient arthritis

usually PIPs fingers

children

Definition
viral arthropathies
Term

arthritis of sacroiliac, vertebral column esp lumbar, costovertebral, plus knees, hips or ankles

M:F 3:1

18-30

Definition
ankylosing spondylitis
Term
arthritis of DIPs fingers and toes, sacroiliacs
Definition
psoriatic arthritis
Term
arthritis of big toe, knee/ankle
Definition
gout
Term
liquid uniform stool
Definition
small bowel, gastroenteritis
Term
loose stool with bits of faeces
Definition
colonic disorder
Term
watery, offensive bubbly stool
Definition
giardia
Term
bulky, pale offensive stool
Definition
malabsorption
Term
pellets or ribbons stool
Definition
ibs
Term
stool: large volume, central pain, borborygmi, undigested food, fat?
Definition
small bowel
Term
stool small volume, lower, lif pain, blood, mucous,urgency or tenesmus
Definition
colonic cause
Term
sudden sharp chest pain worse on inspiration, sneezing
Definition
pleuritis
Term
central crushing chest pain referred to back/shoulder relieved sitting up, worse lying flat
Definition
pericarditis
Term
unilaterail knife like chest pain following urti, normal cxr
Definition
pleurodynia / Bornholm disease/cocksackie B
Term
sudden, severe, midline pain, inequality in pulses
Definition
aortic dissection
Term
retrosternal chest pain, dyspnoea, syncope
Definition
PE
Term
skin flushing (face esp), diarrhea with abdo cramps, valvular heart disease
Definition
carcinoid syndrome
Term
Bone mets, primary?
Definition
Breast, prostate then lung, Hodgkin lymphoma, kidney, thyroid, melanoma
Term
Brain mets, primary?
Definition
Breast, lung then colon, lymphoma, kidney, melanoma, prostate
Term
Liver mets, primary?
Definition
Colon, pancreas, then stomach, breast, lung, melanoma
Term
Lung and mediastinal mets, primary?
Definition
Breast, lung, colon, kidney, testes, cervix/uterine, Hodkin lymphoma, melanoma
Term
High cervical lymph node mets, primary?
Definition
Hodgkin lymphoma, lymphoma, SCC, oropharynx, nasopharynx
Term
Low cervical lymph node mets, primary?
Definition
Lung, stomach, lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, oropharynx, larynx, skin, tongue
Term
axillary lymph node mets, primary?
Definition
breast, lung, lymphoma
Term
Inguinal node mets
Definition
lymphoma, ovary, uterus, vulva, prostate, skin
Term
Retroperitoneal mets, primary?
Definition
Lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, ovary, uterus, testes, prostate
Term
Mets to skin, primary?
Definition
Lung, colon, melanoma, Kaposi sarcoma
Term
1-3 weeks of headache, photophobia and malaise/fatigue
Definition
Acute HIV seroconversion
Term
Child with non pruritic rash mainly on trunk, non desquammating and passes in 48 hours
Definition
viral exanthem
Term
itchy rash behind knees, ankles, cub fossa, neck, behind ears and peri orbital in child
Definition
atopic dermatitis
Term
white patches on face of children and adolescents around mouth and cheeks (maybe on limbs/trunk)
Definition
pityriasis alba
Term
non itchy rash in scalp, eyebrows, nasolabial folds, chest
Definition
seborrhoeic dermatitis
Term
baby with rash at 4-12 weeks on scalp, cheeks, folds of neck, axillae, folds of elbows
Definition
infant seborrhoeic dermatitis
Term
baby with rash at 2 months, severely itchy, starts on face elbow and knee flexures
Definition
eczema
Term
female 30-50 yo with fluctuating erythema, papules, pustules on forehad, cheeks, nose and chin
Definition
rosacea
Term
acute red rash in child/adolescent post strep throat, scaly drop like lesions mainly on trunk
Definition
guttate psoriasis
Term
acute eruption age 5-35 symetrical erythematous papules mainly backs of hands, palms, flexor surface of forearms with sometimes feet, toes, truck, genitals
Definition
erythema multiforme
Term
acute hepatitis in young person with tremor, gait (neuro features)
Definition
Wilsons
Term
unilateral burning/searing facial pain in 50 yo lasts for minutes
Definition
trigeminal neuralgia
Term

bilateral recurring headache lasting hours usually female

non pulsating, mild moderate, no nausea/vomiting, no photphobia, worse throughout day

Definition
tension headache
Term
sudden onset of floaters, flashes or black spots with blurred vision or curtain/cloud and patiral or total loss of visual field, normal pupil
Definition
retinal detachment
Term
sudden onset of floaters, reduced light reflex, loss of vision possible
Definition
vitreous haemorrhage
Term
sudden loss of vision, curtain coming down on vision, no light perception, normal fundoscpy at first then cherry red macula
Definition
central retinal artery occlusion
Term
sudden loss of vision (possibly over days), on fundoscopy swollen disc, stormy sunset appearance
Definition
central retinal vein thrombois
Term
sudden fading of central vision, distorted vision
Definition
wet macular degeneration
Term
slow onset of painless distorted loss of centra vision
Definition
dry macula degeneration
Term
20-40 yo woman loss of vision in 1 eye over few days with discomfort behind eye and central scotoma
Definition
optic neuritis
Term
sudden floaters with no loss of accuity (and flashing lights)
Definition
posterior vitreous detachment
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