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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Summary of Causes and Ocular Manifestations
 • Molluscum lesions
 • Eyelid Kaposi
of Causes and Ocular ... Manifestations ... spots #AIDS #Ocular ... #Complications ... #ophthalmology #
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
present with a red eye ... Occurs in small eyes ... -> crowding of ocular ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... detachment • Red Eye ... • Secondary glaucoma ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Manifestations ... Microfilariae enter the eye ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Manifestations ... • Loss of the eye ... non-functional eye ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Extra-articular Manifestations ... • Ocular - Inflammation ... visual acuity, eye ... lung fibrosis #AnkylosingSpondylitis ... #Complications