Angle Recession Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Patients with angle recession glaucoma are typically asymptomatic, unless the disease is advanced with profound visual field or fixation loss or intraocular...
Anterior Uveitis
Signs and Symptoms
Uveitis may be noted in individuals of any age, but is most commonly encountered in those between 20 and 60 years of...
Choroidal Folds
Signs and Symptoms
Choroidal folds can occur in any patient regardless of age, race or sex. Patients may report visual acuity reduction though in many...
Choroidal Nevus and Choroidal Melanoma
Signs and Symptoms
Both choroidal nevi and choroidal melanomas represent space-occupying masses of the uveal tract. Choroidal nevi appear as round or oval, flat or...
Choroidal Rupture
Choroidal rupture is a possible consequence following blunt trauma directly to the eye. Patients developing choroidal rupture are often younger males who are involved in activities such as ball sports that expose them to high-speed impact to the eye or adnexa.
Crystalline Lens Subluxation
Signs and Symptoms
While subluxation of the crystalline lens can occur in any patient, there are primarily three situations in which it is encountered:
The first...
Endophthalmitis
Signs and Symptoms
Due to its numerous potential routes of inoculation, endophthalmitis has no typical age, gender or racial predilection. Patients often manifest pain and...
Exfoliative Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Exfoliation syndrome and exfoliative glaucoma occur in high rates throughout northern Finland, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain and Greece. The condition has...
Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis
Signs and Symptoms
Patients with Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis present as young adults with variable vision loss, anterior chamber reaction and iris heterochromia.1-3 There appears to...
Glaucomatocyclitic Crisis
Signs and Symptoms
The initial precipitating event in glaucomatocyclitic crisis (GCC) is the acute onset of a mild, self-limiting uveitis followed by a disproportionately large...
Herpetic Keratouveitis
Signs and Symptoms
Herpetic keratouveitis, as the name implies, manifests anterior uveitis and some form of keratopathy in the presence, or with a history, of...
Malignant Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Malignant glaucoma, also referred to as aqueous misdirection syndrome or ciliary block glaucoma, occurs without racial or gender predilection.1-6 Patients typically have...
Metastatic Choroidal Tumors
Signs and Symptoms
Metastatic tumors of the choroid may present with an assortment of signs and symptoms. Commonly, patients complain of visual symptoms such as...
Milky Nuclear Sclerosis
Signs and Symptoms
Patients typically develop “milky” nuclear sclerotic cataracts at an earlier age than other forms of lens opacification. The onset is often unilateral...
Pediatric and Congenital Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Pediatric glaucoma is a term that includes any form of glaucoma that presents between birth and age 18 years.1,2 Pediatric glaucomas can...
Phacoanaphylaxis (Retained Lens Fragment)
Signs and Symptoms
Phacoanaphylaxis is a term used to describe inflammation caused by the crystalline lens. Depending upon the clinical etiology, sequelae and area of...
Phacolytic Glaucoma
Phacolytic glaucoma is a secondary glaucoma caused by an autoimmune inflammation due to a hypermature cataract that is leaking lens proteins. It typically develops in elderly patients with a history of progressively worsening vision from hypermaturing cataracts.
Phacomorphic Glaucoma
Patients presenting with phacomorphic glaucoma are typically elderly, female and of small stature with moderate hyperopia. Frequently, an advanced cataract will be present in the affected eye.
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome and Pigmentary Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) is an asymptomatic disorder typically discovered upon routine evaluation.1 Pigmentary glaucoma (PG), a sequela of pigment dispersion syndrome,...
Plateau Iris Syndrome
Signs and Symptoms
Patients with plateau iris syndrome tend to be younger, typically ranging in age from 30 to 50 years, with a female predilection.1...
Posterior Uveitis
Signs and Symptoms
Posterior uveitis is an encompassing term indicating inflammation of the posterior segment. The inflammation may be posterior, intermediate or pan-ocular. As the...
Primary Chronic Angle Closure Glaucoma
The patient with primary chronic angle closure glaucoma (PCACG) typically is older and asymptomatic. Women are more commonly affected than men. Typically patients will have moderate degrees of hyperopia.
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) are typically older, with men more likely to be affected than women.1-3 People of African ancestry...
Uveal Effusion Glaucoma
Signs and Symptoms
Uveal effusion glaucoma results in intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation from non-pupil block secondary angle closure. It arises from numerous causes; hence, there...
Uveitic Glaucoma
Patients with uveitic glaucoma typically fall into one of two categories: those that develop acute anterior uveitis replete with pain, photophobia and lacrimation, and those experiencing lesser symptoms from chronic uveitis.