Eye Diseases & Conditions

Eye Diseases & Conditions

Concise clinical summaries including signs, differential diagnosis, management, and referral thresholds — grouped by anatomical region for quick access.

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Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Severe protozoal infection, often contact lens-related with ring infiltrate.

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Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Leading cause of central vision loss in older adults — dry and wet forms.

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

Most common eyelid malignancy, locally invasive with pearly borders.

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Blepharitis

Chronic inflammation of the eyelid margins, often staphylococcal or meibomian-related.

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Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion

Sudden sectoral vision loss from arterial embolus or thrombosis.

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Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

Venous blockage causing macular edema and hemorrhage.

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Bullous Keratopathy

Endothelial decompensation causing persistent corneal edema and bullae.

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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

Acute painless profound vision loss — cherry-red spot sign.

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Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

Severe retinal hemorrhage and ischemia, high risk of neovascularization.

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Central Serous Retinopathy

Serous detachment of macula, often stress-related self-resolving.

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Coats Disease

Congenital retinal telangiectasia with exudation, mainly unilateral in boys.

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Corneal Abrasion

Epithelial defect from trauma, causing acute pain and foreign body sensation.

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Corneal Dystrophies

Inherited bilateral opacities (e.g. Fuchs, lattice, granular).

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Corneal Neovascularisation

New vessel ingrowth, often from hypoxia or inflammation.

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Corneal Pannus

Vascularized fibrosis at limbus, common in chronic blepharitis or contact lens overuse.

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Corneal Ulcers

Infectious or sterile stromal loss, urgent sight-threatening condition.

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Cystoid Macular Edema

Fluid cysts in macula post-surgery, uveitis, or vascular disease.

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Dermatochalasis

Excess upper eyelid skin, often age-related, impairing superior field.

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Diabetic Retinopathy

Microvascular complications — non-proliferative to proliferative stages.

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Dry Eye Syndrome

Tear film dysfunction causing ocular surface damage and discomfort.

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Ectropion

Outward turning of eyelid, leading to exposure keratopathy.

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Entropion

Inward turning of eyelid, causing trichiasis and corneal damage.

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Epiblepharon

Congenital inward rotation of eyelid margin, common in Asian children.

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Epiretinal Membrane

Fibrocellular membrane causing macular pucker and distortion.

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Herpes Simplex Keratitis

Recurrent dendritic epithelial or stromal disease from HSV.

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Herpes Zoster Keratitis

VZV reactivation affecting cornea, often with skin vesicles.

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Hordeolum

Acute painful eyelid lump — stye (external) or internal chalazion precursor.

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Hypertensive Retinopathy

Retinal arteriolar narrowing, AV nicking, hemorrhages from high BP.

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Keratitis

General corneal inflammation — microbial, autoimmune, or exposure-related.

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Keratoconus

Progressive corneal thinning and ectasia, leading to irregular astigmatism.

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Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Syndrome

Congenital synkinesis — eyelid elevation with jaw movement.

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Papilloma

Benign squamous epithelial tumor, often viral (HPV).

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Pellucid Marginal Degeneration

Peripheral inferior corneal thinning with high against-the-rule astigmatism.

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Ptosis

Drooping upper eyelid due to levator dysfunction or neurogenic causes.

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Retinal Detachment

Neurosensory separation — rhegmatogenous, tractional, or exudative.

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Retinal Tear

Full-thickness break, high risk for progression to detachment.

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Retinitis Pigmentosa

Inherited rod-cone dystrophy with night blindness and tunnel vision.

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Retinoblastoma

Most common intraocular malignancy in children, often RB1 mutation.

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Retinopathy of Prematurity

Abnormal retinal vascularization in preterm infants.

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Rosacea (Ocular)

Chronic facial/ocular inflammation with telangiectasia and meibomian dysfunction.

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Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma

Rare, aggressive malignancy mimicking chronic blepharitis.

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Sickle-Cell Retinopathy

Peripheral ischemia and sea-fan neovascularization in sickle hemoglobinopathies.

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Aggressive skin cancer of the eyelid, may metastasize.

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Superficial Punctate Keratitis

Diffuse epithelial erosions, often from dry eye or toxic exposure.

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Trichiasis

Misdirected eyelashes rubbing against the cornea, causing irritation and abrasion.

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Xanthelasma

Yellowish cholesterol deposits on eyelids, marker for hyperlipidemia.

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