Haglund’s Deformity
Haglund’s deformity is a condition where the back upper part of the heel bone (the posterosuperior calcaneus) becomes abnormally enlarged, forming a bony bump....
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Author: Dr. Azin Abazari, MD - Ophthalmologist
Dr. Azin Abazari is an ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with Stony Brook University Hospital. She received her medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Azin Abazari has expertise in treating glaucoma surgery, cataract, glaucoma, among other conditions - see all areas of expertise. Dr. Azin Abazari accepts Medicare, Aetna, Humana, Blue Cross, United Healthcare - see other insurance plans accepted. Dr. Azin Abazari is highly recommended by patients.
Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who diagnose and treat severe and complex eye and vision problems, including cataracts, glaucoma and detached retinas. Their surgeries include laser retina surgery, refractive surgery and lens replacement operations.
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Eye Injury Diseases
Eye injury diseases means any damage to the eye or the tissue around it caused by accidents, hits, chemicals, heat, radiation, sharp objects, or...
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Eye Banking
Eye banking is a system of collecting, checking, preserving, and giving donated eye tissue—especially corneas—to surgeons who transplant it into people who have lost...
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Ocular Adnexa Manifestations of Warthin Tumor
Warthin tumor (also called papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum or adenolymphoma) is a benign tumor that usually grows in the parotid salivary gland near the ear....
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Exudative (Serous) Retinal Detachment
Exudative retinal detachment, also called serous retinal detachment, is when fluid builds up under the retina without any tear or traction pulling it away....
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Extraocular Muscle Lymphoma
Extraocular Muscle Lymphoma is a rare type of cancer where lymphoma cells grow inside or around the muscles that move the eye (the extraocular...
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Exposure Keratopathy
Exposure keratopathy is damage to the clear front surface of the eye (the cornea) that happens when the eye is not fully protected or...
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Exotropia
Exotropia is a type of strabismus (eye misalignment) where one or both eyes turn outward, away from the nose. Sometimes it happens all the...
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Exenteration
Exenteration is a very large, radical surgery done to remove all the organs and tissues from a body cavity when disease—most often cancer—is deeply...
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Myopic Laser Vision Correction
Myopic Laser Vision Correction means using laser surgery to fix myopia, also called nearsightedness. Myopia is when your eye can see things that are...
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Ethambutol Optic Neuropathy
Ethambutol optic neuropathy (EON) is damage to the optic nerve caused by the drug ethambutol, which is used to treat tuberculosis. The optic nerve...
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Esthesioneuroblastoma
Esthesioneuroblastoma, also known as olfactory neuroblastoma, is a rare cancer that starts from the nerve cells responsible for smell in the upper part of...
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Esotropia
Esotropia is a type of strabismus where one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose instead of pointing straight ahead. It is sometimes...
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Erdheim–Chester Disease
Erdheim–Chester Disease (ECD) is a very rare illness where certain immune cells called histiocytes grow abnormally and build up in different parts of the...
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Epithelial Sloughing in LASIK
Epithelial sloughing during LASIK means that the outer layer of the cornea (the epithelium) becomes damaged, loosens, or comes off in patches during or...
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Epithelial Downgrowth Glaucoma
Epithelial downgrowth glaucoma is a serious, rare eye condition in which surface epithelial cells—normally found on the outside of the eye—get inside the eye...
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Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD)
Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD), also called map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy or anterior basement membrane dystrophy, is a common disorder of the front layer of the...
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Episcleritis
Episcleritis is an inflammation of the episclera, which is the thin layer of loose tissue just above the white part of the eye (the...
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Epiretinal Cell Proliferation
Epiretinal cell proliferation refers to the growth of extra cells on the very surface of the retina, especially over the central area called the...
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Epiretinal Membrane Disease
An epiretinal membrane (ERM), also called macular pucker or cellophane maculopathy, is a thin layer of scar-like tissue that forms on the surface of...
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