OPHTHALMOLOGY
Neurofibromatosis
BASICS DESCRIPTION • Neurofibromatosis (NF) consists of 2 neurocutaneous genetic disorders that can involve the bones, the nervous system, soft tissue, and the skin. It is the most common hereditary…
Eye Syndrome
BASICS DESCRIPTION • Multifactorial disease characterized by an abnormal tear film that is inadequate to support the health of the ocular surface • Types – Aqueous tear-deficient – Evaporative –…
Capillary Hemangioma
Katherine A. LaneChristopher B. Chambers BASICS DESCRIPTION • Infantile hemangioma (IH) preferred term • Benign, high flow, vascular hamartoma • Classified as superficial or deep • Superficial lesions present as…
& Lid Retraction
Jacqueline Carrasco BASICS DESCRIPTION • Lagophthalmos = incomplete lid closure • Lid retraction = presence of scleral shown above the superior or below the inferior limbus, with eyes in primary…
Eye disease
Jacqueline Carrasco BASICS DESCRIPTION Thyroid eye disease (also referred to as Graves’ ophthalmopathy, thyroid-related or associated orbitopathy or ophthalmopathy; TED) is an autoimmune process affecting extraocular muscles and orbital fat…
Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
BASICS DESCRIPTION • Multisystem autoimmune disease • Chronic course with relapses and remissions • Organ systems most frequently involved: skin, joints, kidneys, blood, and CNS • Diverse manifestations in eye:…
Zoster Ophthalmicus
Kristin M. Hammersmith BASICS DESCRIPTION • Acute, painful, vesicular eruption distributed along the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (1). • Ocular inflammation without characteristic rash: Zoster sine herpete (2)….
Optic Neuropathy (Including Nutritional)
BASICS DESCRIPTION • Painless, bilateral vision loss including dyschromatopsia and central or centrocecal scotoma • Exception is unilateral vision loss from phosphodiesterase inhibitors, which are possibly associated with ischemic optic…