BASICS DESCRIPTION A loose and unstable upper eyelid associated with a chronic papillary conjunctivitis and spontaneous eversion of the eyelid during sleep (1)[C] EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence • Males > female •…

BASICS DESCRIPTION An acquired and usually unilateral condition affecting young and middle-aged women. The condition causes various degrees of iris abnormalities, corneal edema, and glaucoma in affected individuals. The etiology…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-related uveitis is a group of idiopathic arthritides with an onset before 16 years of age that persists longer than 6 weeks. • There…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is an ocular motility disturbance manifest by intact abduction of ipsilateral eye but impaired adduction of contralateral eye during ipsilateral horizontal gaze attempts. It…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a nonneoplastic form of non-Langerhans cell group (class II) of histiocytic proliferative disorders typically seen in infants and children. – Usually a self-limited…

Jonathan Salvin BASICS DESCRIPTION • A large angle (>35 prism diopters) esotropia developing within the first 6 months of life in an otherwise normal infant with no significant refractive error…

J. Mark Engel BASICS DESCRIPTION • Exotropia is incomitant if it measures differently in different fields of gaze. This occurs most commonly in A and V pattern exotropia where the…

Jacqueline Carrasco BASICS DESCRIPTION • Eyelid lacerations occur 3 ways: Sharp trauma (e.g., pencil), blunt trauma (e.g., fist), or diffuse trauma (e.g., motor vehicle accident). Lacerations can affect 3 regions…

David R. Lally BASICS DESCRIPTION • Form of strabismus in which an eye deviates inward toward the nose (formerly called “internal strabismus”). – Comitant esotropia: Angle of strabismus is similar…

Bruce Schnall BASICS DESCRIPTION A horizontal divergence of the eyes that measures the same in left and right gaze as in the primary position for a given testing distance. EPIDEMIOLOGY…