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List of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations

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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[[Citing sources citation needed]]. 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

Systemic viral infections

Systemic bacterial infections

Systemic protozoal infections

Systemic fungal infections

Systemic cestode and nematode infections

Chromosomal disorders

Hematologic diseases

Cardiovascular diseases

*Arteriosclerosis
*Hypertension
*Pre-eclampsia (Toxemia of pregnancy)
  • Occlusive vascular disease (sudden)
  • *Emboli and thrombi
    *Central retinal artery occlusion
    *Cardiac myxoma
    *Cranial arteritis
    *Sickle cell attack
  • Occlusive vascular disease (slow, progressive)
  • *Carotid artery disease
    *Arterial spasm (TIA)
    *Diabetes mellitus
    *Collagen diseases
  • Venous occlusive disease
  • *Thrombosis
    *Oral contraceptive use
  • Endocarditis
  • Myxoma
  • Aortic arch syndrome (Takayasu)
  • Pre-eclampsia (Toxemia of pregnancy)
  • Thromboangiitis obliternas
  • Hereditary telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome)
  • Endocrine diseases

    Gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders

    Metabolic disorders

    Musculoskeletal disease

    Pulmonary diseases

    Renal disease

    Neoplastic diseases with ocular metastases

    *Leukemia
    *Lymphoma
  • Breast
  • Colon
  • Kidney
  • Lung
  • Genital organs
  • *Ovary or cervix
    *Testis or prostate
  • Skin
  • *Melanoma
  • Gut
  • *Stomach
    *Pancreas
  • Thyroid
  • References

     


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