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Rheumatoid arthritis. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Sarcoidosis. Scleroderma. Systemic lupus erythematosus. Temporal arteritis. Relapsing polychondritis. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis 50-60% have ophthalmologic manifestations, which can be a presenting feature in a minority of patients.
Treatment. Immunosuppression. Cancer Associated Retinopathy (CAR) also known as Carcinoma Associated Retinopathy is an immune-mediated disease affecting the retina of the eye. It is a paraneoplastic type autoimmune retinopathy associated with cancer that can cause blindness. It can be seen in association with various types of cancers.
Specialty. Oncology. An eye neoplasm is a tumor of the eye. [ 1] A rare type of tumor, [ 2] eye neoplasms can affect all parts of the eye, and can either be benign or malignant ( cancerous ), in which case it is known as eye cancer. [ 3] Eye cancers can be primary (starts within the eye) or metastatic cancer (spread to the eye from another organ).
Uveal melanoma is a type of eye cancer in the uvea of the eye. [3] It is traditionally classed as originating in the iris, choroid, and ciliary body, but can also be divided into class I (low metastatic risk) and class II (high metastatic risk). [3] Symptoms include blurred vision, loss of vision or photopsia, but there may be no symptoms. [4]
H15-H22 Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body. (H15.0) Scleritis — a painful inflammation of the sclera. (H16) Keratitis — inflammation of the cornea. (H16.0) Corneal ulcer / Corneal abrasion — loss of the surface epithelial layer of the eye's cornea. (H16.1) Snow blindness / Arc eye — a painful condition caused by exposure ...
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rare form of cancer that rapidly develops from the immature cells of a retina, [ 2] the light-detecting tissue of the eye. [ 3] It is the most common primary malignant intraocular cancer in children, especially those under 3 years old. [ 4][ 5] Though most children in high income countries survive this cancer, [ 2] they ...
8.7% global prevalence in 2020 [ 2] Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration ( AMD or ARMD ), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. [ 1] Early on there are often no symptoms. [ 1] Over time, however, some people experience a gradual worsening of vision that ...
White dot syndromes are inflammatory diseases characterized by the presence of white dots on the fundus, the interior surface of the eye. [ 1] The majority of individuals affected with white dot syndromes are younger than fifty years of age. Some symptoms include blurred vision and visual field loss. [ 2]