Regional Choroidal Atrophy and Alopecia
Regional choroidal atrophy and alopecia (also called Moloney syndrome or choroidal atrophy–alopecia syndrome) is a very rare inherited condition. In this condition, part of the choroid (the ...
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Choroidal Atrophy–Alopecia Syndrome
Choroidal atrophy–alopecia syndrome is an extremely rare genetic condition in which a person has both damage and thinning of the choroid in the eye and loss of hair on the scalp or body. The choroid ...
Chorioretinitis
Chorioretinitis is swelling and irritation (inflammation) of two important layers at the back of the eye: the choroid (a layer rich in blood vessels) and the retina (the light-sensitive layer that ...
Channelopathy-Associated Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP)
Channelopathy-associated congenital insensitivity to pain is a very rare genetic condition where a person is born unable to feel physical pain, even when the body is badly hurt. ...
Posterior Membrane Corneal Dystrophy
Posterior membrane corneal dystrophy is a rare eye disease that mainly affects the deepest layer of the clear front window of the eye (the cornea) and the thin sheet under it called Descemet’s ...
Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
Endothelial corneal dystrophy is a long-lasting eye disease that mainly damages the inner cell layer of the cornea, called the corneal endothelium. These cells normally act like a tiny pump to keep ...
Dystrophy of the Corneal Endothelium
Dystrophy of the corneal endothelium is a long-lasting (chronic) disease of the inner layer of the clear front window of the eye, called the cornea. In this condition, the special pump cells in this ...
Chandler Syndrome
Chandler syndrome is a rare eye disease that affects the clear front window of the eye (the cornea), the colored part (the iris), and the drainage angle where fluid leaves the eye. It is one of three ...
Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR)
Central serous retinopathy (CSR) is an eye disease where fluid collects under the central part of the retina and makes central vision blurry or distorted. It usually affects one eye at a time and ...
Central Serous Choroidopathy
Central serous choroidopathy, more commonly called central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), is an eye disease that affects the macula, the central part of the retina that gives sharp, detailed vision. ...
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Central serous chorioretinopathy is an eye disease where fluid leaks from tiny blood vessels under the retina (the light-sensitive “camera film” at the back of the eye). This fluid collects under the ...
Central Cloudy Dystrophy of François
Central cloudy dystrophy of François (often shortened to CCDF) is a very rare corneal condition where the clear window of the eye (the cornea) develops faint, gray, cloudy “mosaic-like” spots in the ...
Central Cloudy Corneal Dystrophy of François (CCDF)
Central cloudy corneal dystrophy of François (CCDF) is a very rare problem of the cornea (the clear “window” at the front of the eye). In CCDF, doctors see many small, cloudy gray shapes (often ...
Choroidal Dystrophy
Choroidal dystrophy means a long-term (usually lifelong) problem where the choroid slowly becomes damaged. The choroid is the blood-vessel layer that sits between the white part of the eye (sclera) ...
Central Areolar Choroidal Sclerosis
Central areolar choroidal sclerosis is an older name that doctors used for a rare inherited (genetic) macular disease now most often called central areolar choroidal dystrophy (CACD). It mainly ...
Congenital Cataract Caused by Mutation in EPHA2
Congenital cataract caused by mutation in EPHA2 is a genetic eye disease where the clear lens of a baby’s eye becomes cloudy because the EPHA2 gene does not work properly. The lens sits behind the ...
Cataract 6 Multiple Types
Cataract 6 Multiple Types is a condition where the clear lens inside the eye becomes cloudy, like frosted glass, so light cannot pass through cleanly. This clouding slowly reduces sharp vision and ...
Cataract 40 with or without Microcornea
Cataract 40 with or without microcornea means a visually significant cataract (cloudy natural lens) in someone around 40 years old, sometimes in an eye with a small cornea (microcornea). A cataract ...
Cataract 4 Multiple Types with or without Microcornea
Cataract 4 multiple types with or without microcornea means there is a cloudy lens inside the eye (cataract), and in some people the clear front window of the eye (the cornea) is smaller than normal ...
Cataract 4 Multiple Types
A Cataract 4 Multiple Types is a health problem of the eye where the clear natural lens becomes cloudy. The lens sits behind your colored part of the eye (iris) and focuses light so you can see ...
