What is macular hole A macular hole is a small break in the macula, located in the center of your eye’s light-sensitive tissue called the fovea

What is cyanosis Cyanosis is a condition in which your lips, fingers, toes and mucous membrane appear blue, purple or grey caused by too little

What is nasopharynx Nasopharynx is a small, box-like chamber above the soft palate that connects the nose to the oropharynx. The nose via the nasopharynx

What is optic atrophy Optic atrophy also called optic nerve atrophy, refers to the death of the retinal ganglion cell axons that comprise the optic

What is enophthalmos Enophthalmos is the sinking of the eyeball towards the back part of the eye socket. Enophthalmos becomes clinically obvious if the anterior globe

What is retinoschisis Retinoschisis is splitting into two layers of the neurosensory retina, the tissue lining the inside of the back of the eye that

What is lattice degeneration Lattice degeneration of the retina also called circumferential, equatorial or palisade retinal degeneration, is a developmental thinning of the retina that occurs

What is epiretinal membrane An epiretinal membrane also called surface-wrinkling retinopathy, macular pucker, cellophane maculopathy or preretinal macular fibrosis, is formation of a thin fibrotic

What is trichiasis Trichiasis is an acquired misdirection of the eyelashes in which normal eyelashes grow in a posterior direction toward the corneal surface. In

What is twin to twin transfusion syndrome Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is a rare disease of the placenta that occurs only in monozygotic (identical) twins with