BASICS DESCRIPTION • Uveitis: intraocular inflammation – Anterior: involving iris and ciliary body (e.g., iritis, iridocyclitis) – Intermediate: involving pars plana (i.e., pars planitis) – Posterior: involving retina (i.e., retinitis)…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Any opacity of the lens. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence • Most common cause of blindness in the world • Account for approximately 50% of low-vision cases in adults over age…

Carol L. Shields BASICS DESCRIPTION • Intraocular metastasis – most common tumor of the eye • Most common site of involvement is choroid (63%) • Other sites – iris, ciliary…

Jerry A. Shields BASICS DESCRIPTION • Eye cancer of children • Tends to manifest between 6 months and 3 years of age • Accounts for 4% of all childhood malignancies…

Jonathan S. Myers BASICS DESCRIPTION • Pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) is a disorder characterized by the release of pigment particles from the pigment epithelium of the iris. These pigment particles…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Presbyopia, literally “old eyes,” is the condition where the ability to see clearly at near is lost due to the gradual loss of accommodation in the aging eye….

BASICS DESCRIPTION Optic disc elevation unrelated to increased intracranial pressure (ICP) EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence 0.3–2.4% (1)[A] Prevalence • 3.4–4.9/1000 clinically, up to 20.4/1000 in autopsy studies (2)[A], (3)[A] • 75% bilateral…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Ocular toxocariasis is a helminthic disease that is a common cause of posterior uveitis, particularly in children. • 3 major presentations: – Endophthalmitis – Peripheral granuloma –…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Vision loss in the absence of contributory ocular or neurologic pathology – Multiple labels – Functional – Hysterical – Psychosomatic – Conversion reaction – Munchausen’s syndrome –…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Phototoxicity of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptor layers in the fovea due to exposure to sunlight. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence Uncommon, but clusters of cases appear around eclipses…