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DefinitionVitreopapillary Traction Syndrome is a condition where the vitreous—the clear gel that fills the back of the eye—pulls abnormally on the optic nerve head, also called...
DefinitionVitreoretinochoroidopathy with microcornea is a rare, inherited eye disease in which several parts of the eye develop and function abnormally. The back of the eye (the...
DefinitionVitreoretinopathy is an umbrella term for diseases where the vitreous gel (the clear jelly filling the eye) and the retina (the light-sensing layer lining the back...
DefinitionA vitreous cyst is a small, round or oval sac filled with fluid that floats inside the vitreous (the clear gel that fills the back of...
DefinitionVitreous hemorrhage means bleeding into the vitreous, the clear gel that fills most of the inside of the eye between the lens at the front and...
DefinitionVitreous metastasis means cancer cells that started somewhere else in the body have traveled through the bloodstream and reached the vitreous (the clear gel that fills...
DefinitionVitreous Wick Syndrome is a problem that happens when strands of the eye’s vitreous (the clear, gel-like substance that fills the back of the eye) slip...
DefinitionVogt–Koyanagi–Harada (VKH) disease is an autoimmune condition. “Autoimmune” means the body’s defense system gets confused and attacks its own cells. In VKH, the immune system mainly...
DefinitionVogt’s striae are very fine, straight, vertical lines that an eye doctor can see inside the clear front window of your eye (the cornea) when you...
DefinitionVon Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare genetic condition that makes the body grow tumors and fluid-filled cysts in many organs. Most of the tumors are...
DefinitionVHL disease is an inherited condition that makes a person more likely to develop certain tumors and cysts in different parts of the body. These growths...
