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  2. Optic nerve glioma - Wikipedia

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    Surgery is considered the final choice of treatment, due to the high risk of blindness and damage to the affected eye. [4] [5] [6] It is considered in only certain scenarios, such as relieving a cosmetically unappealing bulging eye (exophthalmos), removing an enlarging and/or expanding tumor or a combination of both. [4] [6]

  3. Exotropia - Wikipedia

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    The long-term success of surgical treatment for conditions such as intermittent exotropia is not well proven, and surgery can often result in a worsening of symptoms due to overcorrection. Evidence from systematic reviews of interventions show clinical benefits for patching for children ages 12 months to ten years. [ 9 ]

  4. Kjer's optic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Patients should be monitored for changes in vision by their eye-care professional. Children of patients should be screened regularly for visual changes related to dominant optic atrophy. Research is underway to further characterize the disease so that therapies may be developed.

  5. Exophthalmos - Wikipedia

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    Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or ...

  6. Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia - Wikipedia

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    Treatments used to treat other pathologies causing ophthalmoplegia has not been shown to be effective. [citation needed] Experimental treatment with tetracycline has been used to improve ocular motility in one patient. [11] Coenzyme Q 10 has also been used to treat this condition. [12] However, most neuro-ophthalmologists do not ascribe to any ...

  7. Chronic multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment may involve surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and certain medicines. [ 7 ] Hand–Schüller–Christian disease was named for the American pediatrician Alfred Hand Jr. , the Austrian neuroradiologist Arthur Schüller , and the American internist Henry Asbury Christian , who described it in 1893, 1915 and 1919, respectively. [ 8 ]

  8. Yes, You Can Rent Out Your Eyeball For Money

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    n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...

  9. Congenital fourth nerve palsy - Wikipedia

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    A Cochrane Systematic Review compared several surgical treatments (myectomy, recession, anterior transposition, disinsertion) in people with fourth nerve palsy. [7] While there was not enough high-quality evidence to recommend the best surgical treatment, all four types of surgery did result in a reduction of hypertropia. [ 7 ]