astigmatism

Pathology

• unequal curvatures of the cornea or lens of the eye along different meridians such that light from a source does not focus at a single point on the retina

Clinical manifestations

• visual impairmement
• not associated with red eye, eye pain or photophobia

Management

• corrective lens eyeglasses

More general terms

• sign/symptom

Additional terms

• cornea (C, K)
• crystalline lens (lens of eye, L)
• retina