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BASICS DESCRIPTION • Painless, bilateral vision loss including dyschromatopsia and central or centrocecal scotoma • Exception is unilateral vision loss from phosphodiesterase inhibitors, which are possibly associated with ischemic optic…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Uveitis: intraocular inflammation – Anterior: involving iris and ciliary body (e.g., iritis, iridocyclitis) – Intermediate: involving pars plana (i.e., pars planitis) – Posterior: involving retina (i.e., retinitis)…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Any opacity of the lens. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence • Most common cause of blindness in the world • Account for approximately 50% of low-vision cases in adults over age…

Carol L. Shields BASICS DESCRIPTION • Intraocular metastasis – most common tumor of the eye • Most common site of involvement is choroid (63%) • Other sites – iris, ciliary…

Jonathan S. Myers BASICS DESCRIPTION • Pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) is a disorder characterized by the release of pigment particles from the pigment epithelium of the iris. These pigment particles…

Jerry A. Shields BASICS DESCRIPTION • Eye cancer of children • Tends to manifest between 6 months and 3 years of age • Accounts for 4% of all childhood malignancies…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Optic disc elevation unrelated to increased intracranial pressure (ICP) EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence 0.3–2.4% (1)[A] Prevalence • 3.4–4.9/1000 clinically, up to 20.4/1000 in autopsy studies (2)[A], (3)[A] • 75% bilateral…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Presbyopia, literally “old eyes,” is the condition where the ability to see clearly at near is lost due to the gradual loss of accommodation in the aging eye….

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Ocular toxocariasis is a helminthic disease that is a common cause of posterior uveitis, particularly in children. • 3 major presentations: – Endophthalmitis – Peripheral granuloma –…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Vision loss in the absence of contributory ocular or neurologic pathology – Multiple labels – Functional – Hysterical – Psychosomatic – Conversion reaction – Munchausen’s syndrome –…