"100 Common Diagnoses in Ophthalmology: A Comprehensive Guide"

 "100 Common Diagnoses in Ophthalmology: A Comprehensive Guide"

Here's a list of 100 common ophthalmology diagnoses, categorized for easy reference:

1. Cornea and External Diseases

  • Keratitis
  • Corneal ulcer
  • Corneal dystrophy
  • Dry eye syndrome
  • Pterygium
  • Pinguecula
  • Keratoconus
  • Herpes simplex keratitis
  • Fungal keratitis
  • Recurrent corneal erosion

2. Cataract

  • Nuclear cataract
  • Cortical cataract
  • Posterior subcapsular cataract
  • Traumatic cataract
  • Congenital cataract
  • Secondary cataract

3. Glaucoma

  • Primary open-angle glaucoma
  • Angle-closure glaucoma
  • Normal-tension glaucoma
  • Secondary glaucoma
  • Congenital glaucoma
  • Pigmentary glaucoma
  • Neovascular glaucoma

4. Retina

  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
  • Retinal detachment
  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Retinal vein occlusion
  • Central serous retinopathy
  • Macular hole
  • Epiretinal membrane
  • Retinal artery occlusion
  • Choroidal melanoma

5. Uveitis

  • Anterior uveitis
  • Intermediate uveitis
  • Posterior uveitis
  • Panuveitis
  • Behcet’s disease
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
  • Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis
  • Toxoplasmosis uveitis
  • Herpetic uveitis

6. Lids and Adnexa

  • Blepharitis
  • Chalazion
  • Hordeolum (stye)
  • Ptosis
  • Ectropion
  • Entropion
  • Trichiasis
  • Eyelid tumor (basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma)
  • Dacryocystitis

7. Orbit and Ocular Trauma

  • Orbital fracture
  • Thyroid eye disease (Graves’ orbitopathy)
  • Orbital cellulitis
  • Orbital tumors (hemangioma, meningioma)
  • Traumatic optic neuropathy
  • Ruptured globe
  • Retrobulbar hemorrhage
  • Blowout fracture
  • Orbital pseudotumor

8. Neuro-ophthalmology

  • Optic neuritis
  • Ischemic optic neuropathy
  • Papilledema
  • Horner’s syndrome
  • Cranial nerve palsy (III, IV, VI)
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)
  • Optic disc drusen
  • Visual field defects (hemianopia, quadrantanopia)

9. Pediatric Ophthalmology

  • Amblyopia
  • Strabismus
  • Congenital cataract
  • Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
  • Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
  • Congenital glaucoma
  • Optic nerve hypoplasia
  • Duane syndrome
  • Leber's congenital amaurosis
  • Nystagmus

10. Refractive Errors

  • Myopia
  • Hyperopia
  • Astigmatism
  • Presbyopia
  • Anisometropia

11. Ocular Infections

  • Bacterial conjunctivitis
  • Viral conjunctivitis
  • Fungal endophthalmitis
  • Acanthamoeba keratitis
  • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis
  • Chlamydial conjunctivitis
  • Gonococcal conjunctivitis

12. Miscellaneous

  • Conjunctival hemorrhage
  • Ocular migraine
  • Ocular surface squamous neoplasia
  • Retinal dystrophies
  • Color blindness
  • Photophobia
  • Vitreous hemorrhage
  • Ocular hypertension
  • Scleritis
  • Phlyctenulosis

These categories cover a wide range of ophthalmological diagnoses that you may encounter in clinical practice.

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