| Diseases and Disorders | |
| - | Links pertaining to Eye Diseases |
| Alert! Patients and laypersons looking for guidance among the target sources of this collection of links are strongly advised to review the information retrieved with their professional health care provider. | |
| Start Page |
| About the Conjunctiva and Sclera - Handbook of Ocular Disease Management | ||
| Conjunctival (and Scleral) Disorders - Merck Manual | ||
| Removing a Foreign Object from Your Eye - MedlinePlus/ADAM (US) |
| Neonatal Conjunctivitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus | |||
| Assessment of the Red Eye - Canadian Ophthalmological Society | |||
| Managing the Red Eye - Well Close Square Surgery (UK) | |||
| Conjunctivitis [Morrow and Abbot] - Am Family Phys, Feb '98 | |||
| Ocular Allergy [EK Akpek] - MEEI/Harvard (US) | |||
| On Chlamydial and Gonococcal Conjunctivitis - Handbook Ocular Disease Management | |||
| A case of Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis - Paragon Vision Sci | |||
| About Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis [B Weissman] - e-Medicine |
| Helen Keller Int'l: Trachoma Task Force | |||||
| About the genus Chlamydia - Wikipedia | |||||
| Int'l Trachoma Alliance - WHO (CH) | |||||
| Int'l Trachoma Initiative | |||||
| Preventable Disease Blinds Poor in Third World [free registration required] - NY Times, March 2006 |
| VITREOUS DISORDERS (not on MeSH) | |||||
| About Vitreous Detachment - Richmond Eye Assoc. | |||||
| About Vitreous Detachment - NEI/NIH (US) | |||||
| About Vitrectomy - StLukes Eye Institute (US), and some photos [WD Leahy Jr.] |
| Floaters (not on MeSH) | ||||||
| Spots and Floaters - AOA (US) | ||||||
| About Eye Floaters - Univ of Illinois (US) | ||||||
| About Eye Floaters | ||||||
| Flashes and Floaters - What you need to know [Goldman and Polk] - The Retina Center | ||||||
| Posterior Vitreous Detachment; Sudden-Onset of Floaters and Flashing Lights [margo et al.] - PostGradMed, Mar 2005 | ||||||
| On Flashes, Floaters and Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD) - St Luke's Eye Care | ||||||
| Floaters discussions at Med Help International | ||||||
| Is using lasers on eye gunk worth the risk? - via Aetna InteliHealth | ||||||
| Vitreous Opacities - GPnotebook (UK) | ||||||
| A Clinician's Guide to Flashes and Floaters [Kabat and Sowka] - Optometry Today/Optics Today (UK) | ||||||
| About Floaters - AgingEye Times, 2003 | ||||||
| About Vitreous and Retinal Detachment - New England Eye Center (US) | ||||||
| The American Society of Retina Specialists (formely 'The Vitreous Society') | ||||||
| About Hyaluronan and the Vitreous Humor [JE Scott] | ||||||
| Some FAQs about Floaters and Surgery - Charles Retina Institute |
| Pterygium - DJO/Harvard (US) | |||
| About Pterygium - Handbook of Ocular Disease Mgmt and an image - EyeMac | |||
| About Pterygium and Pinguecula - North Shore Eye C. (AU) | |||
| About Pingueculum - Kellogg Eye Center (US) |
| The Cornea and Corneal Diseases - NEI/NIH (US) | ||
| Corneal Disease Management - Review of Optometry/Handbook | ||
| Corneal Abrasions and Foreign Bodies - Merck Manual | ||
| Managing the Red Eye - Well Close Square Surgery (UK) | ||
| PKA - Pediatric Keratoplasty Association - (US) | ||
| About Corneal Modification techniques - AOA (US) | ||
| About Corneal Graft - Moorfields Eye Hosp., London (UK) |
| About Bullous Keratopathy - EyeMDLink | |||
| Keratopathy, Pseudophakic Bullous [Aquavella and Singer] - eMedicine |
| Herpes Simplex Keratitis - Rev of Optometry/Handbook | |||
| On Fungal Keratitis [T Romero Rangel] and Recurrent Herpes Simplex Keratitis in Penetrating Keratoplasty [N Tesavibul, '97] - MEEI/Harvard | |||
| Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis - PUK [T Ekong] - MEEI/Harvard | |||
| Keratitis: A Quick and Accurate Diagnosis [LJ Catania] - Rev of Optometry, Nov 2001 | |||
| Best Weapon Against Bacterial Keratitis? [JA McGreal] - Review of Optometry/Educ Center 1999 | |||
| On Fusarium Keratitis and Contact Lenses - Promed, Mar 2006 | |||
| About Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis ( DLK, Sands of the Sahara ) and Lasik - USAEyes.org | |||
| UV Keratitis, or Snowblindness [R Brozen] - e-Medicine |
| Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis (not on MeSH) | ||||
| About Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis - Univ. of Iowa/OPHTH (US) | ||||
| Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratopathy - Review of Optometry |
| Corneal Abrasion vs Corneal Ulcer [S Awwad] - Eyeweb.Org | ||||
| Mooren's Ulcer [QD Nguyen] - MEEI/Harvard (US) | ||||
| Cogan's Dystrophy (Map-Dot-Fingerprint Dystrophy) - StLukesEye.com | ||||
| Dystrophy, Map-Dot-Fingerprint [D Verdier] - eMedicine |
| Peter's Anomaly (not on MeSH) | ||||
| Peter's Anomaly Support Group |
| Corneal Dystrophies (not on MeSH) | ||||
| Corneal Dystrophy factsheet - RNIB (UK) | ||||
| Bietti's Crystalline Dystrophy - NEI/NIH (US) | ||||
| About Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy - Review of Optometry/Handbook | ||||
| A question & answer about Fuchs' Syndrome - The Eye Care Forum/MedHelp | ||||
| Genetic aspects of Corneal Dystrophy, Juvenile Epithelial, of Meesmann - OMIM (US) |
| Keratoconus - Indiana University (US), and an image - EyeMac | |||
| About Keratoconus [R. Pineda] - Harvard Med School (US) | |||
| Keratoconus: Diagnosis and Management [Burger et al.] - Pacific Univ./College of Optometry | |||
| Keratoconus: Diagnosis, contact lens fitting and management [W Illahi] - Optometry Today, Aug 2006 | |||
| Keratoconus and Cornea Transplants [J Ackerman] | |||
| US Nat'l Keratoconus Foundation | |||
| UK Keratoconus Self Help and Support Group |
| See another location |
| About Orbital Reconstruction - The Craniofacial Surgery Book, Tennessee Health System (US) |
| Brief note about Aniridia - Nobel Foundation (SE) | |||
| About Aniridia | |||
| The Aniridia Network - (UK) | |||
| About the WAGR Syndrome | |||
| Anirida ; AN1 - OMIM |
| The Micro and Anophthalmic Childrens Society - (UK) | |||
| ICAN - Families with Anophthalmia Children | |||
| Anophthalmia, Microphthalmia and Other Related Eye Disorders [Diann ?] | |||
| About Franchesca (anophthalmia) |
| About Coloboma - RNIB (UK) | |||
| About Coloboma - MACS (UK) | |||
| Coloboma - Texas School for the Blind (US) |
| The Micro and Anophthalmic Childrens Society - (UK) | |||
| Anophthalmia, Microphthalmia and Other Related Eye Disorders [Diann ?] |
| About Ocular Albinism - NOAH, Philadelphia (US) | ||||
| Ocular Albinism | ||||
| Ocular Albinism [review course; JM Weber] - MarchOn Training Center, N.Y. (US) | ||||
| Bianca's Pages - the [Knowlton] family |
| About Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome - NOAH, Philadelphia (US) | |||||
| Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome [summary; Krisp et al.] - Eur J Dermatol, 11/4, 2001 | |||||
| Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 3 in Ashkenazi Jews and Other Non-Puertorican Patients with Hypopigmentation and Platelet Storage-Pool Deficiency [Huizing et al.] - Am J Hum Genet., 69/2001 | |||||
| The Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network |
| See another location |
| About Choroideremia - OMIM (US) | |||
| The Chroroideremia Research Foundation, Inc. |
| General Fibrosis Syndrome (not on MeSH) | |||
| About Congenital Fibrosis Syndrome - U of Buffalo (US) |
| About Duane Syndrome [A Verma] - eMedicine | |||
| Duane Syndrome - Children's Hospital Boston (US) | |||
| Duane's Retraction Syndrome e-group - Yahoo |
| About Gyrate Atrophy - NCBI/NIH (US) | |||
| Hyperornithinemia with Gyrate Atrophy - Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. |
| About Optic Atrophy | |||
| The Leber's Optic Neuropathy [J Leeder] - (UK) | |||
| Genetic aspects of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy [D Berro] | |||
| On Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy [Kerrison and Newman] - Clinical neuroscience 1997 |
| Information about Retinitis Pigmentosa - Foundation Fighting Blindness (US) | |||
| Retina International , including the Retina Int'l Newsletter | |||
| About Retinitis Pigmentosa [de Beus and Small] - eMedicine | |||
| Discussions about Retinitis Pigmentosa - MedHelp Forums | |||
| Retinitis Pigmentosa links [J Wenberg] | |||
| Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics - GeneTests | |||
| Die Deutsche Retinitis Pigmentosa-Vereinigung - (DE) |
| Ocular Trauma Management for the Primary Care Provider [JM Rappon] - Pacific Univ./Optometry | ||
| About Preventing Eye Injuries - New England Eye Center (US), and Orbital Fractures [T Widell] - eMedicine | ||
| About 38 year old man who was hit in the left eye with a pool cue [Lucarelli et al.] - DJO | ||
| Ocular Trauma (pathol.) - Univ of Wisconsin (US) | ||
| An overview of Eye Trauma - Univ of Illinois (US) | ||
| Ophthalmic Care of the Combat Casualty , and about Ocular Injuries - Borden Institute (US) | ||
| Injured Eye , a self-directed learning module - Canadian Opthalmological Society |
| About hyphema - St Luke's Cataract and Laser Inst. (US) | |||
| Hyphema [Sheppard and Williams] - eMedicine | |||
| A 36-year-old man ... (hyphema + iritis) - eMedicine |
| See another location |
| See another location |
| About Hordeolum and Sty [M Bessette] and Chalazion [S Santen] - eMedicine | ||||
| Hordeolum and chalazion treatment - The full gamut [L Skorin] - Optometry Today, Jun 2002 (UK) |
| Articles about Ocular Tumors - Cancer Control Jul/Aug '98/, and on Orbital and Ocular Cancer - J of Moffitt Cancer Center, Sep/Oct 2004 | ||
| The Eye Cancer Network [P Finger] including a Tumor Image Gallery | ||
| Center for Ocular Oncology - Washington Univ., St Louis (US) | ||
| About Ocular Lymphoma [J Yang] - Ocular Immunology/Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary (US) | ||
| See also under Retinoblastoma [links] - KIB | ||
| A Choroidal Melanoma tumor [image] - Ohio State Univ. | ||
| About Choroidal Melanoma from the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study - Wilmer Eye Institute/JHU (US) | ||
| Briefly about Melanoma of the Eye - Adam, via MedlinePlus, and an image (malignant melanoma) [NC White] | ||
| About Intraocular Melanoma - Cancer.gov | ||
| Skin Tumors around the Eye - ASOPRS |
| Eyelid Disorders: Diagnosis and Management [SR Carter] - Am Family Phys, Jun '98 | ||
| A brief note about Eccrine cysts in the eyelids - EBM Guidelines, Duodecim (FI) | ||
| Eye Plastics (oculoplastic surgery) | ||
| About Blepharoplasty - questions & comments [M Bermant] - (US) |
| About various forms of Blepharitiis - American Optometric Association | |||
| Brief note about Phlyctenulosis - Perret Opticiens (CH) |
| Ptosis , Blepharoplasty and Brow Lift - ASOPRS | |||
| Ptosis Classification and Eyelid Surgery for Ptosis - Qs & As [M Bermant] - (US) | |||
| Double Elevator Palsy [Olitsky and Nelson] - Strabismus Web Book |
| About Eyelid Spasms/Twitching - Kellogg Eye Center | |||
| Blepharospasm Pages - BEBRF | |||
| Blepharospasm and Botox - EyePlastics | |||
| Blepharospasm, Benign Essential [SM Saulny] - eMedicine | |||
| On the Side Effects of Botulinum Toxin Therapy - Smith Kettlewell Inst. (US) |
| Distichiasis (not on MeSH) | |||
| Distichiasis [S Rostami] - eMedicine |
| About Styes and Chalazions [L. Bickford] - The EyeCare Connection (US) | |||
| Chalazion, image - EyeMac | |||
| A Case of Chalazion - MDChoice (US) |
| About Ectropion: "Eyelid Turning Out" , and some more on Ectropion [M Bermant] - (US) |
| Entropion: "Eyelid Turning In" - ASOPRS | |||
| Senile (Involutional) Entropion - Handbook Ocular Dis Management | |||
| About Entropion Repair - EyeMDLink.com | |||
| Trichiasis - [RW Pelton] - eMedicine |
| See another location |
| Congenital Lacrimal Obstruction - ASOPRS | ||
| Excessive tearing in infancy and early childhood [EA Ballard] - PostGradMed, May '00 | ||
| Dacryocystorhinostomy for Tearing - EyeMDLink About Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) [SV Fernandes] - eMedicine About Surgery for Lacrimal Disorders - EyePlastics LLC | ||
| Two illustrations of the lacrimal system - Texas Ophthal Plast Surg (US) |
| Dry Eye Syndrome - StLukes Eye (US) | |||
| Dry Eye Syndromes , and an image of the tear film layers - Schepens Eye Research Institute | |||
| About Restasis - Aging Eye Times | |||
| See also under Sjogren's Syndrome |
| About Tear Duct Obstruction and Surgery - KidsHealth | |||
| About Pediatric Balloon Dacryoplasty - LacriCATH/Quest Medical, Inc. | |||
| About Watery Eyes - Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation /UK) | |||
| Nasolacrimal Duct obstruction - AAPOS |
| The histology and biology of the lens [MJ Stafford] - Optometry Today, Jan 2001 (UK) |
| Brief Note about Aphakia | |||
| On Aphakia [CN Chua] | |||
| The PHPV and Aphakia Support Pages |
| About Cataract [brochure for people at-risk] - National Eye Institute (US) | |||
| About Cataracts - NEEC (US) | |||
| Cataracts [Trudo and Stark] - PostGradMed, May 1998 | |||
| American Soc. of Cataract & Refractive Surgery and the J of Cataract & Refractive Surgery - (US) | |||
| What Can Go Wrong With Cataract Surgery? [Insinga and Quinn] - Review of Optometry/Study Center | |||
| Cataract Surgery Complications [25 MB .pdf file] - (UK) | |||
| Cataract Removal - YourSurgery | |||
| About Pediatric Cataract - PGCFA (CA) | |||
| Patient Questions and Answers about Cataract Surgery - StLukes Institute | |||
| On Posterior Capsule Opacification - St Luke's Eye Institute | |||
| Care of the Adult Patient with Cataract [Rouse et al., 1999] - AOA |
KIB
