Phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis is a rare kind of sterile (non-infectious) inflammation inside the eye that happens after lens proteins leak out of the ...
Dr. Kira Manusis MD - Ophthalmologist
Peters anomaly is a rare eye condition that a baby is born with. It affects the front part of the eye, which doctors call the “anterior segment.” This front ...
Persistent pupillary membrane, often shortened to PPM, is a harmless remnant of the fine, web-like blood vessels that cover a baby’s pupil before birth. During ...
Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) is a long-lasting balance disorder. People feel dizzy, unsteady, or as if they are moving when they are ...
Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous (PHPV)—now more often called Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV) is a congenital (present at birth) eye condition. In ...
Peroxisomal ocular diseases are eye problems that happen because tiny cleaning-and-building stations inside our cells—called peroxisomes—do not work properly. ...
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK) is a serious eye condition where the edge of the cornea (the clear front window of the eye) becomes inflamed, thins out, ...
Peripheral retinal degenerations are age- and structure-related changes that happen in the outer (side) parts of the retina—the light-sensing tissue that lines ...
Peripheral Exudative Hemorrhagic Chorioretinopathy — usually shortened to PEHCR — is an eye condition that happens in the peripheral retina (the outer edges of ...
Peripapillary Pachychoroid Syndrome is an eye condition. It sits inside the “pachychoroid” family of disorders. “Pachy” means thick. “Choroid” is the ...
Peripapillary Intrachoroidal Cavitation, often shortened to PICC, is a pocket or hollow inside the choroid (the vascular layer under the retina) that forms ...
Peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structures (PHOMS) are a pattern doctors see on a special eye scan called optical coherence tomography (OCT). ...
Periorbital (or periocular) necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but extremely dangerous skin and soft-tissue infection that attacks the tissue layers just under ...
Periocular atypical mycobacterium infection means an infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the skin and soft tissues around the eye. ...
Periocular dermatitis, also called periorbital dermatitis or eyelid eczema, is a skin problem that happens on the thin skin around your eyes. “Peri-” means ...
Perifoveal Exudative Vascular Anomalous Complex (PEVAC) is a mouthful that describes a very specific problem with a tiny blood vessel near the very center of ...
Pentosan polysulfate maculopathy is an eye disease that can happen in some people who take the bladder-pain medicine pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) (brand: ...
Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration (PMD) is a clear-looking but structurally thinned belt of cornea near the lower edge of the eye. This thinning makes the ...
Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare, inherited brain white-matter disorder. “White matter” is the wiring of the brain. It is covered by myelin, which ...
Peduncular hallucinosis is a rare brain condition that causes vivid, detailed visual hallucinations. People often see bright, colorful, moving scenes, people, ...
