ondary lysosomes. It is unknown exactly how the impaired lysosomal function results in the clinical features, but it is likely that retained storage material in the retina along with other, yet-to-be– elucidated mechanisms results in widespread RPE dysfunction and photoreceptor death. In conclusion, the 2 patients presented herein and those described by Springer et al demonstrate that, in addit...

A patient with chemical corneal burn presented two months after the acute episode of chemical injury to his right eye (OD) and was diagnosed with severe limbal stem cell deficiency and with vascularized corneal opacity OD. Limbal cell transplantation and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) was performed. The autologous and allograft limbal tissue included peripheral cornea, limbus and conjunctiva ob...

hydrargyri perchloridum solution and later with sterile distilled water. Saline is not to be used on account of its decomposing effects on the solutions used for tattooing. The next step is to scrape off the superficial corneal epithelium. Ordinary Graefe's knives, secondary knives, scalpels, discission needles, pterygium knives and many other instruments have been used to scrape the cornea, bu...

BACKGROUND The occurrence of an anorectal malformation with Holt-Oram syndrome, microcephaly, and bilateral corneal opacity is rare and to the best of our knowledge has not previously been reported in the literature. Hence, there is a need to document our experience in this case and learn as much as possible from it. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a Nigerian female neonate with a po...

purpose: to evaluate changes in indications of corneal transplantation at labbafinejad medical center during 2001-2003. methods: records of 563 from 684 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation from oct. 2001 to oct. 2003 were evaluated. all the procedures were performed by corneal surgeons and fellows. findings: there were 292 male (51.9%) and 217 female (48.1%) subjects ranging in a...

purpose : this study was planned to evaluate the efficacy, safety and complication of photorefractive keratectomy (prk) as a retreatment of residual myopia after previous laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik). methods : in this descriptive study in ophthalmology ward, feiz hospital, isfahan university of medical sciences, iran, with the consideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria, 170 eyes...