Corneal Scar Types: Nebula, Macula, Leucoma and Adherent Leucoma Explained
Corneal scarring is described in everyday practice with four classic terms that are short, easy to...
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Causes of Corneal Edema: A Practical Way to Sort Epithelial, Stromal and Endothelial Causes
A cornea that has lost its clarity and become thick is one of the most common problems in anterior...
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Candle Wax Drippings: Periphlebitis in Sarcoid Uveitis and What the Sheathing Looks Like
Candle wax drippings, or taches de bougie, are one of the more recognizable retinal findings in...
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Brunescent Cataract (Cataracta Nigra): The Hard, Dark Nucleus and What It Means for Surgery
A brunescent cataract is an advanced nuclear cataract in which the nucleus has changed from yellow...
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Acanthamoeba Ring Infiltrate: A Late, Ominous Sign in a Notoriously Missed Infection
An Acanthamoeba ring infiltrate is a finding no clinician wants to be the first sign that reveals...
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Uveal Effusion Syndrome: When a Detachment Has No Break and No Obvious Cause
Uveal effusion syndrome produces choroidal detachment, often with an associated non-rhegmatogenous...
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Type 2 Macular Telangiectasia: A Neurodegenerative Disease That Happens to Show Up in the Macula
Type 2 macular telangiectasia, often called MacTel type 2, has undergone a significant conceptual...
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TINU Syndrome: The Uveitis That Follows a Kidney Workup
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome combines acute tubulointerstitial...
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Traumatic Mydriasis and Sphincter Tears: What Blunt Injury Does to the Pupil
A blow to the eye from a ball, a fist, or an airbag can damage the muscle that constricts the...
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Trabecular Meshwork Pigmentation: What the Angle’s Color Is Telling You
Trabecular meshwork pigmentation is one of the more informative findings available on routine...
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Toxoplasmosis Chorioretinal Scars: Reading the Fundus for Signs of Reactivation
A toxoplasmosis chorioretinal scar is far more than a static, healed marker of past infection,...
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Ocular Toxocariasis: The Peripheral Granuloma From a Wandering Larva
Ocular toxocariasis results from a single migrating larva becoming trapped within the eye, and...
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