Retinal Anomalies

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6 Retinal Anomalies BEST’S DISEASE Barry N. Wasserman   Etiology An autosomal dominant disorder also called vitelliform macular dystrophy, Best’s disease leads to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) degeneration and secondary loss…

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Congenital Corneal Opacity

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2 Congenital Corneal Opacity Bruce Schnall and Michael J. Bartiss   The differential diagnosis for congenital corneal opacity can be remembered using the pneumonic STUMPED: Sclerocornea Tears in Descemet’s membrane or…

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Iris Anomalies

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4 Iris Anomalies Michael J. Bartiss and Bruce M. Schall   CENTRAL PUPILLARY CYSTS (PUPILLARY MARGIN EPITHELIAL CYSTS) Etiology Usually congenital in origin Can be acquired from cholinesterase inhibiting eye drops,…

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Strabismus Disorders

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9 Strabismus Disorders Scott E. Olitsky and Leonard B. Nelson   PSEUDOESOTROPIA Epidemiology and Etiology Pseudoesotropia is one of the most common reasons an ophthalmologist is asked to evaluate an infant….

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Glaucoma

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3 Glaucoma Alex V. Levin and Anya A. Trumler   PRIMARY CONGENITAL OR INFANTILE GLAUCOMA Glaucoma diagnosed within the first four years of life and not associated with other findings of…

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Eyelid Anomalies

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7 Eyelid Anomalies Kammi B. Gunton   ANKYLOBLEPHARON Etiology Ectodermal dysplasia, otherwise unknown In ankyloblepharon–ectodermal dysplasia– clefting (AEC) patients, a defect in the TP63 gene, an epidermis intercellular junction regulator protein,…

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Lens Anomalies

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5 Lens Anomalies CONGENITAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CATARACTS Jonathan H. Salvin and Hillary Gordon   Cataracts are an opacification of the lens of the eye, typically associated with age. Congenital cataracts may…

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Abnormalities Affecting the Eye as a Whole

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1 Abnormalities Affecting the Eye as a Whole Judith B. Lavrich   ANOPHTHALMIA Anophthalmia, also known as anophthalmos, is a congenital anomaly that is characterized by the complete absence of ocular…

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Lacrimal Anomalies

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8 Lacrimal Anomalies Leonard B. Nelson and Harold P. Koller   CONGENITAL MUCOCELE When an obstruction at the upper and lower portions of the lacrimal system occurs, fluid accumulates and causes…

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