Uveitis is inflammation of the uveal tract—the iris, ciliary body, and choroid—of the eye. When this inflammation becomes severe or causes complications such ...
Dr. Gelareh Abedi, MD - Ophthalmologist
An Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens (AC IOL) is a specialized artificial lens designed to replace the eye’s natural lens when it cannot be safely placed in ...
Anterior Capsular Contraction Syndrome (ACCS) is a postoperative complication of cataract surgery characterized by the progressive constriction and fibrotic ...
Anoxic brain injury occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen long enough to cause cellular damage or death. In ophthalmology, this injury can disrupt the ...
Anophthalmia is a rare congenital condition characterized by the complete absence of one or both eyes (the globe) and all associated ocular tissues within the ...
Anomalous Retinal Correspondence (ARC) is a sensory adaptation in which the brain learns to fuse images from two misaligned eyes by remapping the extra-foveal ...
Ankyloblepharon is a medical condition characterized by the adhesion or fusion of the edges of the upper eyelid with those of the lower eyelid, either ...
Anisometropic amblyopia, often called “lazy eye” caused by unequal refractive error, is a vision development disorder in which the brain favors one eye over ...
Aniseikonia is a binocular vision disorder in which the images perceived by each eye differ in size or shape. In simple terms, an object viewed by one eye ...
Aniridic Fibrosis Syndrome is a rare, sight-threatening complication that arises in patients with congenital aniridia—an eye condition marked by partial or ...
Aniridia is a rare eye condition characterized by the complete or near-complete absence of the iris, the colored muscular ring that regulates how much light ...
Angle Recession Glaucoma (ARG) is a form of secondary open-angle glaucoma that develops after blunt injury to the eye. In this condition, trauma causes a ...
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE), also called epithelioid hemangioma, is a rare, benign vascular proliferation characterized by the growth of ...
Angioid streaks are irregular fissures or crack-like breaks in Bruch’s membrane, a thin, elastic layer that lies between the retina and the choroid. These ...
Angelman syndrome is a rare neuro-genetic disorder caused by the loss of function of the maternal UBE3A gene on chromosome 15. In most healthy individuals, ...
Amiodarone‐associated optic neuropathy (AAON) is a rare, drug‐induced damage to the optic nerve that occurs in patients receiving amiodarone for cardiac ...
Amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye,” is a vision development disorder in which an eye fails to achieve normal visual acuity—sharpness—even with ...
Transient vision loss (TVL) refers to a temporary loss of vision, either partial or complete, in one or both eyes, lasting from a few seconds up to 24 hours. ...
Amaurosis fugax is a transient, painless loss of vision in one or both eyes, typically lasting from seconds to minutes before returning to normal. It occurs ...
Amantadine-induced corneal edema is a rare but recognized toxic reaction in which the drug amantadine damages the inner cell layer of the cornea (the ...
