Glossary for Astigmatism

Medical terms related to Astigmatism or mentioned in this section include:

• Arthritis - short stature - deafness: A very rare syndrome characterized by arthritis, short stature, deafness and numerous other abnormalities.
• Atrophia aerata: A rare, inherited, slow progressing eye disease.
• Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 1 is caused by a defect in chromosome 11q13.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 10 is caused by a defect in chromosome 12q.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 11 is caused by a defect in chromosome 9q33.1.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 12 is caused by a defect in chromosome 4q27.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 2 is caused by a defect in chromosome 16q21.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 3 is caused by a defect in chromosome 3p12-q13.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 4 is caused by a defect in chromosome 15q22.3.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 5 is caused by a defect in chromosome 2q31.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 6 is caused by a defect in chromosome 20p12.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 7 is caused by a defect in chromosome 4q27.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 8 is caused by a defect in chromosome 14q32.11.
• Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, polydactyly and retinal pigmentation as well as other abnormalities. Type 9 is caused by a defect in chromosome 7p14.
• Blepharoptosis - aortic anomaly: A rare disorder characterized mainly by the presence of droopy upper eyelids and an abnormal aorta.
• Blurred vision: Blurriness of vision or images.
• Caudal appendage - deafness: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by deafness, finger bone abnormalities and a spinal extension giving a tail-like appearance (caudal appendage).
• Double vision: Seeing two images, overlapping images, shadow images, or ghost images (diplopia)
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, cardiac valvular form: A rare genetic connective tissue disorder characterized by hypermobile joints, joint dislocations and skin hyperextensibility and fragility.
• Eye symptoms: Symptoms affecting the eye
• Fitzsimmons-McLachlan-Gilbert syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation paraplegia and thickened coarse skin on palms and soles.
• Forsius-Eriksson syndrome: A rare inherited disorder characterized by reduced eye pigmentation and various eye problems. The disorder is inherited in a familial X-linked manner so only males manifest the symptoms whereas females may be asymptomatic or suffer mild symptoms.
• Gorlin-Chaudhry-Moss Syndrome: A very rare inherited condition involving various physical and mental abnormalities.
• Hypopigmented lesions in children:
• Keratoconus: A rare degenerative eye disorder where the corneas of the eye become progressively thinner and cone-shaped which affects vision.
• Kozlowski-Brown-Hardwick syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by various skeletal anomalies, unusual facial appearance, eye abnormalities and communicating hydrocephaly.
• Mental retardation - short stature - heart and skeletal anomalies: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, short stature and heart and skeletal anomalies.
• Microcephaly - mental retardation - retinopathy: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by a small head, mental retardation and retinal disease.
• Oculo skeletal renal syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by eye, skeletal and kidney problems.
• Ring dermoid of cornea: A rare eye disorder which results in the appearance of a dark ring around the cornea.
• Van Bogaert-Hozay syndrome: A rare disorder characterized by destruction of ends of finger bones, mental retardation, skin wasting and eye and facial abnormalities.
• Vision changes: Any change in vision or sight.
• Volubilis, syndrome du: A rare birth defect of the optic papilla which is the part of the eye where the optic nerve emerges. Usually only one eye is affected.

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