Granulomatosis
BASICS DESCRIPTION • Wegener’s granulomatosis is a necrotizing vasculitic syndrome of small-sized blood vessels that affects multiple organs. • Most commonly affected organs include kidney, lung, upper respiratory tract, eyes,…
Weill-Marchesani
BASICS DESCRIPTION • A rare connective tissue disorder associated with short stature, brachydactyly (short digits), joint stiffness, and eye anomalies. – Intraocular abnormalities include microspherophakia, ectopia lentis, glaucoma, and lenticular…
Retinoschisis
BASICS DESCRIPTION X-linked retinoschisis is a genetic disorder of the retina that primarily affects males in the 1st decade leading to decreased vision, foveal schisis, and peripheral retinoschisis in both…
Tension Glaucoma
George L. Spaeth BASICS DESCRIPTION Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is used to describe glaucomatous damage with statistically normal intraocular pressure (IOP). EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence • There is wide discrepancy in the…
Congenital
BASICS DESCRIPTION Involuntary oscillation of the eyes that may be either motor or sensory in etiology. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence Idiopathic motor infantile/congenital nystagmus: 1 in 2,850 (1). Prevalence Approximately 0.5%, including…
Ptosis-Congenital
Alex V. Levin BASICS DESCRIPTION • Child born with drooping eyelid toward or into the visual axis • May be unilateral or bilateral EPIDEMIOLOGY Unreported. RISK FACTORS • Family history…