Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (VKH) is a multisystem disease of presumed autoimmune cause that affects melanin-pigmented tissues. The most significant...

Kawasaki's disease chronic granulomatous disease sarcoidosis multiple sclerosis Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease Uveitis may be an immune response to fight...

body or keratitis Ectopia lentis Endophthalmitis Eye trauma caused by disease, injury, or infection such as chalazion, episcleritis, keratoconus, or...

ingestion of toxins. Diplopia can be one of the first signs of a systemic disease, particularly to a muscular or neurological process, and it may disrupt...

physiological pupillary response. Non-physiological causes of mydriasis include disease, trauma, or the use of certain types of drug. It may also be of unknown...

deriving from the loss of an eye when he was six years old. Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease A cautionary tale from the past, by K. Barry Sharpless, in MIT...

caused by bacterial infection or blockage of the meibomian oil glands. Diseases and conditions that may lead to blepharitis include: rosacea, herpes simplex...

eyes nor any component thereof, such as the retinas. This is a different disease from retinal migraine, which is monocular (only one eye). It may be difficult...

keratitis in the setting of eye trauma, underlying corneal disease or ocular surface diseases (such as severe chronic dry eye). Infectious keratitis sometimes...

spreading the chemical. Conjunctivitis is the most common eye disease. Rates of disease is related to the underlying cause which varies by the age as...

and immune-related inflammations such as Behcet syndrome or Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease causes panuveitis. Infections from a perforating wound or ulcer...

sclerosis. It can also occur in conditions such as vitiligo, Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease, alopecia areata, sarcoidosis, and in association with neoplasms...

Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. In terms of the first description of the disease, it follows an autosomal recessive...

Symptom-producing, or pathological, scotomata may be due to a wide range of disease processes, affecting any part of the visual system, including the retina...

(ROP), also called retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) and Terry syndrome, is a disease of the eye affecting prematurely born babies generally having received...

be a sign of an underlying disease such as diabetes mellitus, a brain tumor, a pancoast tumor (apex of the lung) and diseases that cause weakness in muscles...

Keratomycosis Phthisis bulbi Persistent fetal vasculature Persistent tunica vasculosa lentis Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease...

space between the exterior border and the limbus is called the interval of Vogt. Bilateral AS is a benign finding in the elderly, but it can be associated...

Posterior cyclitis Pars planitis (H30.8) Other chorioretinal inflammations Harada's disease (H30.9) Chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified Chorioretinitis Choroiditis...

Stye. StatPearls. PMID 29083787. Tamparo, Carol; Lewis, Marcia (2011). Diseases of the Human Body. Philadelphia, PA: F.A Davis Company. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-8036-2505-1...

worsening. A visual prosthesis may be an option in certain people with severe disease. Currently there is only one FDA-approved gene therapy that is commercially...

increased risk of vitreous floaters. Additionally, eyes with an inflammatory disease after direct trauma to the globe or have recently undergone eye surgery...

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Keratomycosis Phthisis bulbi Persistent fetal vasculature Persistent tunica vasculosa lentis Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease...

using ophthalmoscopy. Sometimes serologic testing is used to rule out the disease, but due to high rates of false positives, serologies are not diagnostic...

PMID 25367360. Ramanjit, Sihota; Tandon, Radhika, eds. (2015). Parsons' diseases of the eye (Twenty-second ed.). New Delhi, India: Reed Elsevier India....

the egg contributes mitochondria to the embryo. Men cannot pass on the disease to their offspring. LHON is usually due to one of three pathogenic mitochondrial...

pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism, chimerism, disease, or injury. It occurs in humans and certain breeds of domesticated animals...

Keratomycosis Phthisis bulbi Persistent fetal vasculature Persistent tunica vasculosa lentis Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease...

refers more to a scratch injury. Corneal ulcers are a common human eye disease. They are caused by trauma, particularly with vegetable matter, as well...