Causes of Blindness
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Trauma Causes
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Surgical, Procedure Complication
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Acanthamoeba infection/keratitis
- Acanthamoeba/cerebral infection
- Herpes Zoster, ophthalmic
- Toxocariasis/ocular larval migrans
- Keratomycosis
- Luetic keratitis
- Syphilitic chorioretinitis
- Trachoma/Chlamydia trachoma
- Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
- Leprosy, dimorphous
- Mucormycosis, rhinocerebral/phycomyco's
- Onchocerciasis
- Retinitis, cytomegalic
- Syphilis, congenital
- Syphilis, congenital, late
- Toxoplasmosis, congental
- Toxoplasmosis, ocular
- Leprosy
- Ophthalmic cysticercosis/retina
Infected organ, Abscesses
Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
Neoplastic Disorders
- Choroid melanoma, malignant
- Orbit Burkitt tumor
- Orbital neuroblastoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Brain tumor
- Eye tumors
- Glioma
- Occipital lobe tumor
- Optic glioma
- Orbit metastasis
- Orbit rhabdomyosarcoma/sarcoma
- Orbit tumor
- Orbital lymphoma
- Sellar tumor/suprasellar extension
- Brain tumor , malignant (astrocytoma)
- Craniopharyngioma
- Glioblastoma multiforme
- Meningioma
- Meningioma, olfactory groove, frontal
- Pituitary tumor
- Suprasella tumor
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
- Diabetes mellitus
- Retinopathy, diabetic
- Cataract, diabetic
- Tay-Sachs disease
- Cerebral lipidosis disorder
- Sialidosis/Cherry Red Spot Myoclonus
- Adult ceroid lipofuscinosis/Kufs
- Gangliosidosis, generalized (GM1)
- Generalized gangliosidosis/GM2
- Homocystinuria/homocystinemia
- Infantile ceroid lipofuscinosis/Finnish (Santvuori-Haltia)
- Juvenile ceroid lipofuscinosis/Batten-M
- Mucolipidosis IV (Bermans Syndrome)
- Niemann-Pick disease
Deficiency Disorders
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
- Eye disorders
- Hydrocephalus, obstructive
- Congenital eye disorder
- Phakoma retina/congenital
- Retinitis pigmentosa/congen. deafness
- Choroid coloboma
- Coloboma, iris
- Coloboma, lens
- Coloboma, optic disc
- Craniofacial dysostosis/Crouzon
- Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (unco)
- Lens absence
- Lens dislocation, congenital
- Microphthalmos, colobomatous
- Norrie syndrome
- Optic atrophy-ataxia syndrome
- Roaf's syndrome
- Septo-optic Dysplasia (DeMorsier)
- Sturge-Weber disease
- Congenital cataracts
- Hydrocephalus
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
- Marfan's syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Retinopathy, hereditary
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Schilder disease/Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Retinoschisis, familial foveal
- Biber-Haab-Dimmer syndrome
- Canavan disease
- Cockayne syndrome
- Cryptophthalmos (Fraser) syndrome
- Laurence-Moon-Biedel syndrome
- Leukodystrophy, Krabbe
- Optic atrophy, hereditary, of Leber
- Refsum's disease
- Reis-Beucklers dystrophy
- Von Hipple-Lindau disease/Retinocerebellar angiomas
- Winchester syndrome
- Wolframs/DIDMOAD syndrome
- Renal dysplasia-Blindness/Hereditary (Loken-Senior)
Usage, Degenerative, Necrosis, Age Related Disorders
- Retinal atrophy
- Macular degeneration
- Retina, cystoid degeneration, periph.
- Optic atrophy, idiopathic
- Optic atrophy, primary
- Pigmentary retinal dystrophy
- Retina, lattice degeneration
- Stargardt disease/macular degeneration
- Cornea dystrophy, stromal
- Cornea polymorphic dystrophy
- Optica neuromyelitis/Devic disease
- Retina, pigmentary degeneration
- Wet macular degeneration syndrome
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Refractive optometric/problem
- Vitreous, hemorrhage
- Cataract
- Cataract, zonular
- Cataract/posterior
- Corneal opacity/scar
- Keratoconus
- Air embolism, cerebral
- Lens dislocation, acquired
- Phthisis bulbi/Globe collapse/Eye
- Retina detachment
- Scleromalacia perforans
- Orbital mass
- Cataract, anterior polar
- Keratomalacia
- Sclerocornea
- Ligneous conjunctivitis
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
- Cerebral vascular accident
- Atheromatous emboli syndrome
- Optic neuritis, ischemic
- Retinal hemorrhage
- Arteriosclerosis, retina
- Retinopathy, vascular
- Carotid artery-cavernous sinus fistula
- Carotid occlusion/arteriosclerosis
- Cholesterol emboli/carotid
- Choroid, hemorrhage
- Embolism, carotid artery source
- Occipital lobe stroke
- Optic artery occlusion
- Optic nerve infarction
- Retinal artery occlusion/branch
- Retinal embolism
- Retinal vein thrombosis/central
- Aneurysm, cavernous sinus, int. carotid
- Carotid, fibromuscular hyperplasia
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
- Glaucoma/acute angle closure/cyclic crs
- Retinopathy, acute hypertensive
- Glaucoma
- Glaucoma, narrow angle
- Glaucoma, open angle
- Glaucoma, secondary
- Glaucoma, low tension
- Pseudotumor cerebri/Benign Intracranial Hypertension
- Panhypopituitarism
- Thyrotoxic ophthalmopathy
- Diencephalic syndrome
- Hydrocephalus Syndrome
Reference to Organ System
- Iris disorder
- Optic neuritis, acute
- Papilledema
- Retina, neovascularization, peripheral
- Retinitis
- Retinitis proliferans
- Retinopathy
- Retinopathy, advanced
- Retrobulbar disease
- Corneal vascularization
- Keratopathy
- Optic neuropathy
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Xerophthalmia
- Blindness
- Cortical blindness
- Keratitis bullosa
- Keratitis disciformis
- Myopia, malignant type/progressive
- Occipital lobe disorder/lesion
- Optic tract/radiation lesion/disorder
- Retrolental fibroplasia
- Keratitis, nonparalytic
Eponymic, Esoteric Disorders
Pathophysiologic
Heirarchical Major Groups
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
- Kitchen gas/propane exposure
- Phosgene Oxime/Weapon (CX) agent
- Carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure
- Hemlock (coniine/cicutoxin) poisoning
- Methanol ingestion/poisoning
- Phenols/carbolic acid ingestion
- Ammonia exposure/inhalation
- Lead poisoning
- Akee/'smoke' poisoning
- Arsenic poisoning/Acute ingestion
- Thallium poisoning
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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