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BASICS DESCRIPTION Acute or chronic isolated inflammation of the canalicular system EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence • 6:1 female:male • 93% lower canaliculus Prevalence • Rare, varies with populations • More common in…

BASICS DESCRIPTION A condition in which corneal endothelial failure leads to chronic edema resulting in the formation of epithelial bullae or vesicles. These bullae often rupture causing episodes of severe…

Scott J. Fudemberg BASICS DESCRIPTION • Presumed infection in or around filtering bleb. • Filtering bleb is a subconjunctival pocket of fluid created intentionally in glaucoma surgery to drain aqueous…

Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic, bilateral, posterior uveitis • The characteristic lesions are yellow-white spots at the level of choroid that “radiate” from the disk. •…

BASICS DESCRIPTION The World Health Organization’s classification defines blindness as corrected visual acuity of <20/200 in the better eye or visual field ≤10 degrees around the central fixation. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence…

Sunir J. Garg BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic, bilateral, posterior uveitis • The characteristic lesions are yellow-white spots at the level of the choroid that “radiate” from the optic nerve. •…

Marc Spirn BASICS DESCRIPTION • Best’s disease (vitelliform macular dystrophy) is a rare, autosomal dominant, bilateral, central retinal dystrophy. • It is caused by mutations in the BEST1 (formerly VMD2)…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic, recurrent inflammation of the eyelid margin • Synonyms: – Seborrheic blepharitis: Anterior blepharitis, granulated eyelids – Meibomian gland dysfunction: Posterior blepharitis, ocular rosacea, meibomianitis EPIDEMIOLOGY Prevalence…

Colleen Halfpenny BASICS DESCRIPTION Benign conjunctival lesions are a group of tumors, including papilloma (Pap), Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), limbal dermoid (LD), sarcoidosis (Sarc), and pyogenic granuloma (PG) with a low…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Acne rosacea is a chronic acneiform disorder affecting the nose, chin, forehead, or eyelids. EPIDEMIOLOGY Prevalence Affects approximately 1 in 20 Americans. RISK FACTORS • Age (usually occurs…