However, occasionally, a deep orbital tumour gives rise to proptosis (exacerbated by crying) in the absence of discolouration. CT may be required to diagnose these lesions. [patient.info]

The note says: “When I read this for the first time, I would have needed dark glasses to cover my eyes that were red from crying… after the fourth reading, I had to get straight to the bookshop and buy my own copy, otherwise I would never have had the [kaisuviikari.com]

He speculated that… early man was subject to the most rigorous selection for distant vision acuity. .. defective vision would have led to speedy death .. throughout the long dawn of man’s cultural beginnings a slowly growing proportion of individuals [penn.museum]

The visually impaired child. Pediatr Clin North Am 2003 ; 50 : 225 –39 Korff CM, Apkarian P, Bour LJ, et al. Isolated absence of optic chiasm revealed by congenital nystagmus, MRI and VEPs. [ajnr.org]

The classic feature is optic nerve dysfunction and visual impairment out of proportion with the degree of proptosis. Some patients are observed (some tumours have an indolent course) but most require surgical excision radiotherapy. [patient.info]

Repeated and prolonged infection causes permanent visual impairment and blindness. Trachoma is spread through direct contact with secretions from the eyes, eyelids, or nose of an infected person. [tsbvi.edu]

Corneal transplantation offers good results and can be used, if necessary, but it should be considered a last resort for those patients who are contact lens intolerant, who are significantly visually impaired, and who cannot wait for future technological [emedicine.medscape.com]

Vision problems are common in isolated ectopia lentis. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Lentis (see story below, and other posts about Ectopia Lentis ) …and many, many more. [littlefoureyes.com]

There was no ectopia lentis or cardiac or pulmonary involvement. [annalsofian.org]

• Fibrillin is a glycoprotein that is a major component in elastic tissue and is important in lens zonules. 50-80 percent of patients with Marfan’s syndrome have ectopia lentis. 29. [slideshare.net]

loss of vision and reduction of visual fields, usually from the periphery inward. [tsbvi.edu]

Degenerative myopia deserves our recognition as one of the truly neglected areas of ophthalmology. [mvrf.org]

Corneal diameter is often a neglected parameter in the current environment of readily available empirical designs. [clspectrum.com]

CASE REPORT: A 22 years-old female who attended an ophthalmological examination due to severe frontal headaches accompanied by halos and loss of sharpness in her sight. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]