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Blindness: Acute
VetBooks.ir Location Diagnosis Potential Causes

Cornea Edema Loss of endothelial function (glaucoma, trauma, uveitis)
Anterior chamber Uveitis Hyphema
Hypopyon
Lipemic flare
Lens Cataract Diabetes mellitus
Vitreous Hemorrhage
Retina Retinal detachment Hypertension, hyperviscosity
Trauma
Uveodermatologic syndrome
Other immune-mediated disease
Collie eye anomaly
Vitreoretinal dysplasia
Infectious:
Mycotic
Ehrlichiosis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Protothecosis
Toxoplasmosis
Feline immunodeficiency virus Differentials, Lists, and Mnemonics
Feline leukemia virus
Other
Rhegmatogenous (shih tzu)
Neoplasia (primary versus secondary)
Retinal degeneration Sudden acquired retinal degeneration
Glaucoma
Toxic: enrofloxacin, ivermectin, others
Glaucoma
Optic nerve, optic chiasm, optic tract Optic neuritis (infectious and noninfectious)
Reticulosis
Neoplasia (primary versus secondary)
Trauma
Lateral geniculate body, optic radiation, visual cortex Inflammatory (infectious and noninfectious)
Postanesthesia
Elevated intracranial pressure
Neoplasia
Postictal
Reticulosis
From Slatter D: Textbook of small animal surgery, ed 3, Philadelphia, 2003, Saunders.

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