The histopathology of the posterior half of one eye and the optic nerves of a man with Hunter's syndrome, who was known to have disc oedema without raised intracranial pressure for 11 years of his life, is reported. The possible pathogenesis of the disc oedema is discussed; an important contributory factor was the deposition of abnormal mucopolysaccharides within the sclera. This caused gross t...

The suprachoroidal space (SCS), a potential between the sclera and choroid, is becoming an applicable method to deliver therapeutics back of eye. In recent years, vast amount research in field has been carried out, with new discoveries different areas interest, such as imaging, drug delivery methods, pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapies preclinical clinical trials advanced therapies. SCS can be ...

The structure of blood vessels in the sclerathe white part of the human eye, is unique for every individual, hence it is best suited for human identification. However, this is a challenging research because it has a high insult rate (the number of occasions the valid user is rejected). In this survey firstly a brief introduction is presented about the sclera based biometric authentication. In a...

Bone morphogenesis proteins (BMPs) are multi-functional growth factors. They are expressed in retina, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and sclera and serve as a regulator in the growth and development of the eye. This article reviewed the chondrogenic potency of the sclera, biochemical and pathological changes of myopic scleral tissue and the differentiation of chondrogenesis by BMP-2. We propo...

OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology and recurrence rate of pterygium after excision using bare sclera technique. DESIGN Prospective non-comparative study. SETTING Ophthalmology unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. METHODS The study involved 60 consecutive patients with primary apterygial from July 1998 to December 2000 who had bare sclera excision after informed consent. T...

“Uveal effusion” was first described in a nanophthalmic patient by Schepens and Brockhurst in 1963 [1]. Gass and Jallow [2] described a similar syndrome in 1982, idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome, in healthy middle-aged men with normal eyes [2]. These patients usually present with visual loss in either one or both eyes with a superior visual field defect derived from an inferior RD [3]. It is ...