Angle Closure Glaucoma
Angle Closure Glaucoma Sandra Fernando Sieminski Sanjay Mohan THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Angle closure is a process that results from appositional closure of the iridocorneal angle, or drainage angle of the…
Open Angle and Traumatic Glaucoma
Open Angle and Traumatic Glaucoma Soshian Sarrafpour Magdalena Robak THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Although often thought of as a disease of increased intraocular pressure (IOP), the term glaucoma refers to a…
Blunt Trauma and Open Globes
Blunt Trauma and Open Globes Albert Lin Nicholas Hoda THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Severe blunt trauma to the eye can be a diagnostic dilemma owing to the wide variety of possible…
Nonaccidental Trauma
Nonaccidental Trauma Kirsten Bechtel Robin N. Ginsburg THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Child abuse is a pervasive problem in the United States of America (USA), with rates of maltreatment up to 8.9/1000…
Infectious and Inflammatory Retinal Diseases
Infectious and Inflammatory Retinal Diseases Brittany E. Powell Victoria M. Hammond THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Infectious and inflammatory retinal diseases are typically progressive and have significant ocular morbidity. Early and accurate…
Vitreous Detachment, Retinal Tear, and Retinal Detachment
Vitreous Detachment, Retinal Tear, and Retinal Detachment Peter W. Clark Christopher P. Hogrefe THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE The annual incidence of retinal detachment (RD) in the general population is reported to…
Vascular Retinopathies
Vascular Retinopathies Avnish Deobhakta Daniel J. Egan THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Vascular retinopathies can represent a sentinel event for serious systemic illness. As such, once the diagnosis of a vascular retinopathy…
Leukocoria
Leukocoria Kei U. Wong Matthew S. Pihlblad THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Leukocoria, or “white pupil,” is an abnormal clinical finding of a white pupillary reflex (Figure 40.1). It is often the…
Lens Dislocation
Lens Dislocation Elizabeth Yetter Khurram Chaudhary THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE There are a number of challenges with ectopia lentis, more commonly known as lens dislocation. The symptoms of dislocation of a…
Anterior Uveitis, Hypopyon, and Hyphema
Anterior Uveitis, Hypopyon, and Hyphema Adria Simon Anjum F. Koreishi THE CLINICAL CHALLENGE Anterior uveitis, hypopyon, and hyphema represent a spectrum of pathologies affecting the anterior segment of the eye….
