High Myopia: Causes & Reasons - Symptoma South Africa

Possible Causes for High Myopia

Myopia. Lancet. 2012;379:1739–48. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2. Miller DG, Singerman LJ. Natural history of choroidal neovascularization in high myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Global prevalence of myopia and high myopia and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Correction: Genetic variants linked to myopic macular degeneration in persons with high myopia: CREAM Consortium. [ophth.wisc.edu]

Non-Syndromic Ocular Stickler Syndrome Type 1

DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.PARTICIPANTS: A total of 12 children (24 eyes) with recessive LRPAP1 mutations and associated high myopia. [pesquisa.bvsalud.org]

Clinical characterization of LRPAP1-related pediatric high myopia. [ophthalmologyretina.org]

Abstract Purpose: Our previous study reported that 5.5% of probands with early-onset high myopia (eoHM) had mutations in COL2A1 or COL11A1. [molvis.org]

Retinal Detachment

myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] the progressive stages of MTM from macular retinoschisis to serous retinal detachment in high myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Younger age, high myopia, and male sex continue to be associated with higher risk of pseudophakic retinal detachment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Esotropia

RECENT FINDINGS: Numerous studies have looked to determine the cause of esotropia in patients with high myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We encountered a case of progressive esotropia caused by high myopia in which ocular dislocation could be temporarily reversed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Acquired esotropia with high myopia may be associated with superotemporal eyeball prolapse from the muscle cone and the subsequent shift of extraocular muscles limits [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

High Myopia-Sensorineural Deafness Syndrome

[…] recessive disorder characterized by prelingual sensorineural hearing loss associated with high myopia. [malacards.org]

Affected individuals also have severe nearsightedness (high myopia ). [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Title Other Names: High myopia-sensorineural deafness syndrome Categories: Deafness and myopia syndrome is rare condition that affects both hearing and vision. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Ectopia Lentis

A previously undescribed syndrome of bilateral blepharoptosis, ectopia lentis, and high myopia apparently was dominantly inherited and originated from a spontaneous genetic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient was diagnosed with right coronal synostosis at age 10 weeks requiring surgery, and bilateral ectopia lentis with high myopia at 10 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Synonyms Dominantly inherited blepharoptosis, high myopia, and ectopia lentis Overview No overview is available at this time. Please check back for future updates. [rarediseases.org]

Megalocornea

Keratoglobus is a rare condition of bilateral corneal ectasia, which results in high myopia, irregular astigmatism, scarring, and rarely spontaneous globe rupture. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Retinal evaluation of LE revealed retinal detachment (RD) with posterior staphyloma due to high myopia, hereas RE was within normal limits. [mendeley.com]

Retinal Perforation

Retinal detachment associated with macular hole in high myopia: using the vitreous anatomy to optimize the surgical approach [9]. [wikigenes.org]

Cases involving muscle reoperation, high myopia, or patients with connective tissue disorders were excluded. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with high myopia usually develop PVD earlier in life. [institut-vision.org]

Stickler Syndrome

In the third family, all patients had a marfanoid habitus, high myopia, and mental retardation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

High myopia was the most frequent initial ocular phenotype of Stickler syndrome. In this study, 12 Chinese probands lacked obvious systemic phenotypes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: The most frequent diagnosis in patients with syndromic Pierre Robin sequence is Stickler syndrome, which may be complicated by congenital high myopia and substantial [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Nuclear Cataract

Conclusions High myopia is a risk factor for dark nucleus. [journals.plos.org]

High myopia ( P P =0.003) documented higher odds for nuclear cataract. [nature.com]

High myopia is associate with PSC and early-onset NS which ironically increases refractive index, making patient even more myopic. [quizlet.com]

Foveal Retinoschisis

Optical coherence tomography findings in high myopia. [egyptretinaj.com]

Keywords Foveal detachment High myopia Foveoschisis Optical coherence tomography Posterior vitreous detachment Background Myopic foveoschisis is a complication of high myopia [bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral.com]

High myopia The prevalence of high myopia has been estimated in large-scale population studies in China and India. [nature.com]

Myopia

Because more people, including children, are developing high myopia, various methods of attempting to slow its progression have been attempted. [aapos.org]

PURPOSE: High myopia and pathologic myopia are common causes of visual morbidity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The CDVA was not significantly different between moderate and high myopia groups (P = 0.057). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lens Dislocation

CONCLUSIONS: High myopia was the main risk factor for late in-the-bag IOL dislocation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Only patients with axial length ≥27 mm were labeled in the high-myopia group. [nature.com]

RESULTS: High myopia was the major predisposing factor (40%). The interval between cataract surgery and the dislocation was 10.9 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Malignant Myopia

Stanford High Myopia Expertise Our eye doctors are leaders in the care of high myopia. [stanfordhealthcare.org]

When the eye increases too much in length, many things may happen that we must be aware of What is myopia Pathological myopia or high myopia? [icoftalmologia.com]

Optical coherence tomography findings in high myopia. [egyptretinaj.com]

Scleral Staphyloma

Therefore, the posterior scleral staphyloma can serve as a hallmark of high myopia. [nature.com]

Posterior staphylomas are usually congenital or occur with high myopia (nearsightedness). They can affect visual function, sometimes causing distortion. [drshinblog.com]

high myopia and posterior scleral staphyloma,then compare the accuracy of different IOL power calculation formulas. [pesquisa.bvsalud.org]

Vitreoretinal Degeneration

We have evaluated a similarly affected family with 2 sibs with high myopia, VRD, and occipital scalp defects. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In addition, the characteristic associated findings of high myopia, gluccoma, presenile cataract formation, choroidal atrophy, and retinal detachment are documented. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vitreoretinal degeneration was encountered in six patients with high myopia, and vitreous syneresis was present in all patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fracture of the Cribriform Plate

Lamina cribrosa defects and optic disc morphology in primary open angle glaucoma with high myopia. [orca-mwe.cf.ac.uk]

Methods A total of 129 POAG patients and 55 age-matched control subjects with high myopia were evaluated. [figshare.com]

Methods: A total of 129 POAG patients and 55 age-matched control subjects with high myopia were evaluated. [orca-mwe.cf.ac.uk]

Brittle Cornea Syndrome Type 1

We report a 6-week-old white boy of nonconsanguineous parents who presented with bluish scleral discoloration, thin corneas, and progressive high myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To report a patient who presented with bluish scleral discoloration, keratoconus, and progressive high myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Knobloch Syndrome

A sibling pair had unilateral high myopia in their right eyes and near emmetropia in their left eyes from infancy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We have evaluated a similarly affected family with 2 sibs with high myopia, VRD, and occipital scalp defects. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We ascertained a large consanguineous family with high myopia, vitreoretinal degeneration and occipital scalp defect with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Stickler Syndrome Type 5

Abstract Stickler syndrome (SS) is a collagenopathy characterized by arthropathy and vitreoretinopathy with high myopia and cleft palate as common features. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The main clinical findings consisted of high myopia, vitreoretinal degeneration, retinal detachment, hearing loss, and short stature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Four children showed symptoms characteristic of Stickler syndrome, including moderate-to-severe sensorineural hearing loss, moderate-to-high myopia with vitreoretinopathy, [scicrunch.org]

Stickler Syndrome Type 2

[…] may be affected Usually normal Vision High myopia with vitreous changes +/- high pressure and retinal tears High myopia with vitreous changes +/- high pressure and retinal [dbproject.mn.org]

In our case, eye findings were high myopia, vitreous changes, corneal opacity, uveitis, and ptosis. [hindawi.com]

Finally, high myopia before 6 years old is a key sign. [bmcmedgenet.biomedcentral.com]

Autosomal Dominant Oto-Spondylo-Megaepiphyseal Dysplasia

Stickler initially described a family with a dom-inantly inherited pattern of high myopia, a high incidence of retinal detachment and abnormal epiphyseal development with [alpfmedical.info]

High myopia was present in 19 pts. [omicsonline.org]

Eye findings may include high myopia, cataract, vitreoretinal or chorioretinal degeneration, and retinal detachment. [asperbio.com]

Congenital Anomaly of the Retina

Difficulty in establishing control of the glaucoma and the presence of high myopia were common findings. [bjo.bmj.com]

Regards, Dobromir The only way your children would be at high risk is if they have extremely high myopia, or other conditions, like retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy [medhelp.org]

Patients with high myopia usually develop PVD earlier in life. [institut-vision.org]

Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita

Vitreoretinal degeneration was encountered in six patients with high myopia, and vitreous syneresis was present in all patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

High myopia with progression is common and a significant proportion of patients suffer detachments of the retina even in the absence of myopia. [disorders.eyes.arizona.edu]

Severe nearsightedness ( high myopia ) is common, as are other eye problems that can impair vision. About one quarter of people with this condition have hearing loss. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Persistent Pupillary Membrane

This is a rare case of persistent pupillary membrane associated with high axial myopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ocular findings included high myopia, persistent pupillary membrane, and optic nerve hypoplasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case REPORT A 33-year-old female patient with bilateral PPM and high myopia was seen in our clinic. [ghrnet.org]

Marchesani-Weill Syndrome

Ocular abnormalities include microspherophakia, lens luxation, high myopia, glaucoma, and corneal changes [ 3, 4 ]. [bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral.com]

Ocular abnormalities include microspherophakia, lens luxation, high myopia, glaucoma, and corneal changes [3, 4]. [bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral.com]

myopia and progressive visual disturbance. [nepjol.info]

Disorder of Refraction and Accommodation

If you have high myopia, you have a higher risk of detached retina. [sharecare.com]

People with high myopia have a greater risk of future retinal detachment. Hypermetropia Hypermetropia is also called long-sightedness. [news-medical.net]

Complications : high myopia can be associated with degenerative fundal changes ( Förster-Fuchs spots ). [patient.info]

Congenital Exophthalmos

Other processes, which may cause exophthalmos, are orbital tumours, a large eyeball, high myopia or congenital glaucoma, as well as other thyroid or inflammatory orbital diseases [imo.es]

High myopia can enhance proptosis. [journals.lww.com]

myopia or bulphthalmos) extraocular muscle problems (paralysis of the extraocular muscles decreases the muscle tone and make the globe appears protruded, another cause is [mrcophth.com]

Ectopia Lentis et Pupillae

LENTIS WITH ECTOPIA OF PUPIL Classification developmental, eye, genetic, systemic and rheumatological Phenotypes Autosomal recessive inheritance ; Cataract ; Ectopia lentis ; High [mousephenotype.org]

myopia, buphthalmos, anterior uveal tumors, exfoliation syndrome, and hypermature cataracts.10 Case Report We describe a 4-year-old girl referred to the genetics clinic by [proquest.com]

Ocular Associations  Persistent pupillary membrane  Aniridia  Rieger’s syndrome  Dominantly inherited blepharoptosis  High myopia  Congenital glaucoma/buphthalmos  [slideshare.net]

Microcornea

myopia and astigmatism • Occasionally lens subluxation Page 4 1. [edurev.in]

RESULTS: A 12-year-old boy was identified with bilateral microcornea, rod-cone dystrophy, congenital cataracts, and posterior staphylomata associated with high myopia (MRCS [research.manchester.ac.uk]

We describe two cases of familial total aniridia associated with microcornea, high myopia and dislocated lens. No systemic abnormality was noted in any of the cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]