The study aimed to gauge ophthalmology resident doctors' perception of their teaching programs and various methods used in it and to formulate a well structured program for teaching ophthalmology. Closed ended and open-ended questionnaires were used for survey of ophthalmology residents in West Maharashtra, India. Sixty-seven out of 69 residents of seven residency programs completed the questio...

INTRODUCTION Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy of childhood. It is usually diagnosed before the age of 5 years. In spite of its early onset in most children, retinoblastoma is rarely diagnosed congenitally or even within the first 3 months of life. OBJECTIVE To report a case of retinoblastoma in early infancy. CASE This was a case of the earliest presentation ...

The relationship between the condition of spontaneous subconjunctival haemorrhage (SCH) and hypertension was investigated. Seventy eight patients with SCH and 78 controls with unrelated ophthalmic conditions were compared. Blood pressure (BP) was significantly higher at presentation in the group with SCH at 149 (SD 27)/89 (SD 15) versus 142 (SD 25)/81 (SD 12). The proportion of hypertensives by...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Flow-diverting stents can be used to treat intracranial aneurysms that are not amenable to treatment with coils. We analyzed ophthalmic consequences due to coverage of the origin of the ophthalmic artery by flow-diverting stents for the treatment of internal carotid artery aneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS From April 2009 to April 2013, the clinical and angiographic outc...

AIMS A study of ophthalmic molluscum contagiosum infection was undertaken to define its clinical presentation and immunopathological features. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 35 cases of histologically proved molluscum contagiosum infection was carried out. Diagnosis was delayed in 40% of cases resulting in repeated clinic visits. RESULTS Twenty one patients were noted to have ocular surf...

Objective- Analysis of the PSV (peak systolic velocity), EDV (end diastolic velocity) and RI (Resistant Index) in external ophthalmic and the long ciliary ophthalmic arteries in the cat by pulse Doppler. Design- Descriptive study Animals- 12 short haired “Tomcats” weighted about 3.9± 0.9 Kg no e general and optic disease in clinical, paraclinical and ophthalmoscopic examinations. Pr...

To study the clinical profile of anterior uveitis in patients attending Ophthalmology department tertiary health centre central India A cross-sectional, observational was done from January 2017 to July 2019. total 199 cases were studied assess their presentation and etiology. After thorough history taking, demographic data pattern documented. Comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation, necessary labor...

Abstract IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated fibroinflammatory condition with heterogeneous organ-specific manifestations. hypophysitis results from pituitary involvement and represents a rare neuro-ophthalmic complication of IgG4-RD, but the presentation as abscess exceptional. We report case 38-year-old otherwise healthy woman 3-year history relapsing sterile repeatedly treat...

BACKGROUND S. pneumoniae is a known cause of bacterial conjunctivitis and can be transmitted through contact with infected carriers. CASE PRESENTATION A 38-year-old ophthalmologist developing reactive arthritis following clinic-acquired pneumococcal conjunctivitis. CONCLUSION (1) Despite the frequency and largely self-limiting nature of infective conjunctivitis, it should be appropriately a...

BACKGROUND To describe an episode of thyroid associated orbitopathy (TAO) following the initiation of thiazolidinedione (TZD). CASE PRESENTATION We report a female patient with a history of Graves' disease and stabilised thyroid associated orbitopathy for 2.5 years, who experienced rapid progression of TAO after the initiation of thiazolidinedione for glycemic control. Following the discontin...