And Infantile Glaucoma

Nov 9, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on And Infantile Glaucoma

Daniel T. WeaverAlex V. Levin BASICS DESCRIPTION • Trabeculodysgenesis with aqueous outflow obstruction resulting in increased intraocular pressure detected at birth or by age 3–4 years • Differentiated from secondary…

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Dacryocele

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BASICS DESCRIPTION • Distended lacrimal sac usually in neonates or very early infancy • With or without associated intranasal cyst • Also known as dacryocele, lacrimal sac mucocele, dacryocystocele, or…

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Macular Edema

Nov 9, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Macular Edema

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Accumulation of fluid within and under the perifoveal region causing decreased acuity. • Changes are often visible on clinical examination but sometimes may only be evident on…

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Disorders

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BASICS DESCRIPTION • The optic chiasm is formed by the confluence of the intracranial optic nerves, is 12–18 mm in diameter, lies 10 mm above the sella turcica of the…

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Coloboma

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Jonathan H. Salvin BASICS DESCRIPTION • Congenital coloboma (plural: “colobomata”) is a defect manifesting as a cleft or gap due to the incomplete closure of the fetal (choroidal) fissure: –…

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Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (CPEO)

Nov 9, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (CPEO)

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a frequent manifestation of mitochondrial cytopathies, a group of disorders characterized by dysfunction of the mitochondria due to mutations in mitochondrial…

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Dellen

Nov 9, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Dellen

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Small, saucer-like excavation at the corneal margin • Most often form an ellipse; 2 × 1.5 mm parallel to the limbus • Associated with adjacent elevation of…

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Transplant Complications

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BASICS DESCRIPTION • Cadaveric corneal transplantation • Penetrating keratoplasty • Lamellar keratoplasty • Anterior • Posterior • Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty • Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence Complications are…

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Syndrome

Nov 9, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Syndrome

BASICS DESCRIPTION Ocular motility disorder characterized by an inability to actively or passively elevate the eye in adduction EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence Occurs in 1 of 450 strabismus cases Prevalence Unknown RISK…

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Lens Complications

Nov 9, 2016 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Lens Complications

BASICS DESCRIPTION Complications from contact lens use can occur in any patient who wears contact lenses. Problems associated with contact lens use include infection (most commonly bacterial but rarely fungal…

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