Gaurav K. Shah BASICS DESCRIPTION • Parallel striae that may be oriented in a horizontal, vertical, or oblique fashion at the posterior pole. (1) • Not a condition, but rather…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Contusive injury resulting in confluent areas of opacified, whitened retina. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence Blunt ocular trauma annually affects approximately 4.9 per 1,000 individuals. Prevalence • Sports-related injury tends to…

Dalia G. Said BASICS DESCRIPTION Injury that follows exposure of the ocular surface or adnexa to solid, liquid, or gaseous form of corrosive substances such as acids and alkalis or…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Congenital hamartias/hamartomas: Placoid melanocytic lesions of the retinal pigment epithelium, solitary, grouped, or multiple in one or both eyes, the latter maybe associated with familial adenomatous polyposis…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Choroidal ruptures are breaks in the choroid, the Bruch membrane, and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and are the result of blunt ocular trauma. Pediatric Considerations Traumatic choroidal…

Anne JensenGil Binenbaum BASICS DESCRIPTION • Child abuse and neglect as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is any act or failure to act on the…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • The Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (EDTRS) defined CSME as one of the 3 following criteria: – 1) Any retinal thickening within 500 microns of the center…

Alan R. Forman BASICS DESCRIPTION • Arcus senilis is a yellowish-white ring of extracellular lipid deposition in the peripheral cornea separated from the limbus by a narrow (<1 mm) clear…

Gaurav K. Shah BASICS DESCRIPTION • An obstruction of blood flow through the central retinal vein. It commonly presents with a variable level of decreased or blurred vision. – Can…

Gitanjali B. Baveja BASICS DESCRIPTION • Local epithelial defect with degradation or inflammation of underlying tissue • Synonyms: Corneal infiltrate, infectious or noninfectious keratitis EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence Bacterial keratitis • 30,000…