6 Pediatric Retinal Diseases RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY Turner D. Wibbelsman, BS and James F. Vander, MD Leading cause of subsequent blindness and visual impairment in low birth weight and premature…

3 Infectious Inflammatory Diseases ENDOPHTHALMITIS Meera D. Sivalingam, MD and Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS Inflammation of vitreous and aqueous, typically due to an infection Exogenous: most common type, categorized…

4 Noninfectious Inflammatory Diseases MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS Rebecca R. Soares, MD, MPH and Sonia Mehta, MD Characterized by multifocal chorioretinal inflammatory lesions that leave pigmented fibrotic scars; typically bilateral and not…

9 Peripheral Retinal Diseases RETINAL TEARS Elisabeth Maureen Sledz, MD and John D. Pitcher III, MD Most common after posterior vitreous detachment (PVD); up to 20% of symptomatic PVD may…

7 Trauma-Related Retinopathies COMMOTIO RETINAE Musa Abdelaziz, MD and Eric D. Weichel, MD Self-limited opacification of retina secondary to direct blunt ocular trauma Signs and Symptoms Decreased vision, pain after…

8 Drug-Related Retinopathies CRYSTALLINE RETINOPATHY Hannah Levin, BS and Jason Hsu, MD Crystalline deposits in retina of variable distribution depending on associated condition (Figure 8-1 and Table 8-1) Signs and…

5 Retinal Degenerations and Dystrophies RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA Tomas S. Aleman, MD Molecularly heterogeneous group of inherited outer retinal degenerations that causes a bilateral, slowly progressive, pigmentary retinopathy Prevalence: Approximately 1:3500…