This is a list of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations.
An ocular manifestation of a systemic disease is an eye condition that directly or indirectly results from a disease process another part of the body. There are many diseases known to cause ocular or visual changes. Diabetes, for example, is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in those aged 20-74, with ocular manifestations such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema affecting up to 80% of those who have had the disease for 15 years or more. Other diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and hypertension are commonly found to have associated ocular symptoms.
Systemic allergic diseases
Skin and mucous membrane diseases
Phacomatoses
Collagen diseases
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Periarteritis nodosa
- Reiter's syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporal arteritis
- Wegener's granulomatosis (50-60% have ophthalmologic manifestations, which can be a presenting feature in a minority of patients. Orbital disease is the most common manifestation, and may result in proptosis, restrictive ophthalmopathy, chronic orbital pain, and in chronic cases, orbital retraction syndrome and intractable socket pain. Wegener's may also cause injury to the optic nerve, ophthalmoplegia, conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, episcleritis, dacrocystitis, nasolacrimnal duct obstruction, dacroadenitis, uveitis, and retinal vasculitis.
Systemic viral infections
Systemic bacterial infections
Systemic protozoal infections
Systemic fungal infections
Systemic cestode and nematode infections
Chromosomal disorders
Hematologic diseases
Cardiovascular diseases
Endocrine diseases
Gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders
Metabolic disorders
Musculoskeletal disease
Pulmonary diseases
Renal disease
Neoplastic diseases with ocular metastases
References
- Pavan-Langston, Deborah (1990). Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapy. Little, Brown and Company.
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