Keratoacanthoma of the Eyelid: Fast-Growing but Hard to Trust
Keratoacanthoma is a rapidly growing, dome-shaped epidermal tumor with a characteristic central...
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Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Glaucoma, Choroidal Hemangioma and the Surgical Traps
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a sporadic neurocutaneous disorder in which a facial capillary...
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Uveitis Masquerade Syndromes: When Steroid-Resistant Vitritis Is Not Inflammation
Uveitis masquerade syndromes are conditions that look like intraocular inflammation but are caused...
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Iris Melanoma: The Uveal Melanoma You Can Actually See
Iris melanoma is the least common but, in an important practical sense, the most visible of the...
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The Lateral Tarsal Strip: Fixing the Laxity, Not Just the Turned-Out Lid
The lateral tarsal strip procedure tightens a horizontally lax lower eyelid by shortening and...
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Keratic Precipitates: Reading the Uveitis Exam at the Slit Lamp
Keratic precipitates (KPs) are clumps of inflammatory cells deposited on the corneal endothelium,...
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Goniotomy: Opening the Angle From Inside for Congenital Glaucoma
Goniotomy is an angle surgery that directly incises the abnormal or obstructed trabecular meshwork...
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Pars Planitis: The Intermediate Uveitis That Hides in Young Patients With Floaters
Pars planitis is a chronic idiopathic form of intermediate uveitis, characterized by vitritis,...
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Leukemic Retinopathy: What the Fundus Reveals About the Blood
Leukemic retinopathy refers to the range of fundus changes seen in patients with acute or chronic...
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Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: PRP, Anti-VEGF, or Both?
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the stage of diabetic retinopathy in which new vessels...
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Premacular Subhyaloid Hemorrhage: Observe, or Drain With Nd:YAG Hyaloidotomy?
Premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage is blood that collects between the posterior hyaloid face and the...
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Ocular Hypertension: Elevated Pressure That Isn’t Glaucoma Yet
Ocular hypertension is elevated intraocular pressure occurring without the optic nerve damage or...
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