Ocular Sequelae of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A Slow-Motion Second Injury After the Acute Illness
The ocular sequelae of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis often matter more...
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Steroid-Induced Cataract: How Corticosteroids Cloud the Back of the Lens
Corticosteroids are among the most effective drugs in medicine, and the eye pays a price for them....
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Sampaolesi Line: The Wavy Pigment Band on the Trabecular Meshwork in Pseudoexfoliation
When a gonioscopy lens shows a wavy, irregular band of brown pigment lying in front of Schwalbe...
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Salzmann Nodular Degeneration: Peripheral Nodules That Are Neither Inflammatory Nor Dangerous
Salzmann nodular degeneration produces elevated, bluish-white to gray subepithelial nodules on the...
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Retinal Pigment Epithelium Window Defects: When Missing Pigment Lights Up the Choroid
A retinal pigment epithelium window defect is a specific fluorescein angiography finding, not a...
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Radiation Keratopathy: A Delayed, Dose-Dependent Injury Seen Long After Treatment
Radiation keratopathy has a particular characteristic that makes it easy to overlook clinically:...
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Radiation Cataract: Why the Lens Is One of the Most Radiosensitive Tissues in the Body
The lens is surprisingly sensitive to ionizing radiation. Radiation cataract is a recognized...
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Pupillary Capture of the Intraocular Lens: When the Pupil Slips Over the Optic
Pupillary capture is a mechanical problem. The edge of the pupil slips around the optic of a...
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Posterior Staphyloma: What the Bulging Sclera Means for a Myopic Eye
A posterior staphyloma is an outward bulging or ectasia of the sclera, choroid, and retinal...
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Uveitis After Vaccination: What the Reported Cases Show
Post-vaccination uveitis describes intraocular inflammation that develops in the days to weeks...
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Plateau Iris Syndrome: Angle Closure With a Ciliary Body Twist
Plateau iris syndrome is the diagnosis that explains a genuinely puzzling clinical scenario: a...
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Pigmentary Glaucoma: When the Syndrome Finally Crosses the Line Into Disease
Pigmentary glaucoma is the point at which pigment dispersion syndrome, previously just an anatomic...
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