Below I reproduce the table of Conditions associated with photophobia adopted from the article Shedding Light on Photophobia. It was published in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology in 2012 and is (to the best of my knowledge) the most recent review of the research related to photophobia. You may read a summary of the article in the post: What is photophobia: definition, symptoms, causes and treatment.

Conditions associated with photophobia

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Ocular

Anterior Segment:

• Ocular inflammation: (iritis, uveitis)
• Conjunctivitis
• Corneal diseases (corneal neuropathy, interstitial keratitis)
• Blepharitis
• Bilateral acute iris transillumination defects of the iris
• Dry eyes

Dry eyes: the MOST Common cause of photophobia (including Grave’s orbitopathy)

Pterygia

Corneal neuropathy

Interstitial keratitis (Cogan’s syndrome)

Posterior Segment:

• Vitritis
• Uveitis
• Photoreceptor dysfunction/retinal dystrophy
• Albinism, achromatopsia, cone dystrophy, retinitis pigmentosa
• Alström Syndrome
• Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome
• Retinal dystrophy

Optic Nerve

• Optic neuritis
• Papilledema

Chiasma

• Pituitary tumor (including apoplexy)
• Hypophysitis

Occipital lobe

• Hyperexcitability

Neurologic

• Migraine
• Blepharospasm:
• Progressive supranuclear palsy
• Traumatic brain injury
• Meningeal irritation (meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage)

Thalamic Pathology (tumor, stroke, hemorrhage)

Psychiatric

• Agoraphobia
• Anxiety disorder (panic disorder)
• Depression
• Hang-over headache

Medications
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepam
Chloroquine
Methylphenidate
Haldol
Zoledronate

Other:

• Neurasthenia (chronic fatigue)
• Fibromyalgia
• Measles
• Rabies
• Inflammatory bowel disease

IFAP syndrome (ichthyosis follicularis with alopecia and photophobia) PPK (psoriasiform lesions and palmoplantar keratoderma)
Trisomy 18
Zinc deficiency with exocrine insufficiency

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