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Scott J. Fudemberg BASICS DESCRIPTION • Presumed infection in or around filtering bleb. • Filtering bleb is a subconjunctival pocket of fluid created intentionally in glaucoma surgery to drain aqueous…

Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic, bilateral, posterior uveitis • The characteristic lesions are yellow-white spots at the level of choroid that “radiate” from the disk. •…

BASICS DESCRIPTION The World Health Organization’s classification defines blindness as corrected visual acuity of <20/200 in the better eye or visual field ≤10 degrees around the central fixation. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence…

Sunir J. Garg BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic, bilateral, posterior uveitis • The characteristic lesions are yellow-white spots at the level of the choroid that “radiate” from the optic nerve. •…

Marc Spirn BASICS DESCRIPTION • Best’s disease (vitelliform macular dystrophy) is a rare, autosomal dominant, bilateral, central retinal dystrophy. • It is caused by mutations in the BEST1 (formerly VMD2)…

BASICS DESCRIPTION • Chronic, recurrent inflammation of the eyelid margin • Synonyms: – Seborrheic blepharitis: Anterior blepharitis, granulated eyelids – Meibomian gland dysfunction: Posterior blepharitis, ocular rosacea, meibomianitis EPIDEMIOLOGY Prevalence…

Colleen Halfpenny BASICS DESCRIPTION Benign conjunctival lesions are a group of tumors, including papilloma (Pap), Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), limbal dermoid (LD), sarcoidosis (Sarc), and pyogenic granuloma (PG) with a low…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Acne rosacea is a chronic acneiform disorder affecting the nose, chin, forehead, or eyelids. EPIDEMIOLOGY Prevalence Affects approximately 1 in 20 Americans. RISK FACTORS • Age (usually occurs…

L. Jay Katz BASICS DESCRIPTION • A spectrum of developmental disorders resulting in bilateral iris and angle abnormalities frequently associated with secondary glaucoma and systemic anomalies including dental and facial…

BASICS DESCRIPTION Birth trauma to the eye is a result of ocular, adnexal, or facial injuries due to mechanical forces during childbirth. EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence • 6–8 injuries (ophthalmic and nonophthalmic)…