Uveitis is an inflammatory disease with significant disease burden, as it causes ≤10% of legal blindness in the USA. Patients are usually affected in their prime working years. Even in those with good treatment response, quality of life is substantially compromised. The most common form of uveitis is acute anterior uveitis, and approximately half of these cases are associated with human leukocy...

purpose: to introduce a patient with best disease and fluctuation in vision and oct changes. case report: a 26-year-old man presented with decreased va in his left eye due to cnv secondary to best disease. va improved after ivb injection. after 3 years he complained of metamorphopsia in his right eye with a decrease in subretinal deposits which improved spontaneously. the same sequence of event...

Steroids can intervene with many of the processes that lead to macular edema (ME). Steroids are potent anti-inflammatory agents, but they also have anti-vascular endothelial growth factor activity. Triamcinolone acetonide is probably the most commonly used steroid for ME, but it may not be the ideal formulation for ME. This article discusses several new steroid delivery systems: the fluocinolon...

Background: Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinopathy (ASPPC) is a rare but defining characteristic of ocular syphilis. Clinical findings are subtle, geographic, yellowish, macular lesions, affecting the outer-retina and inner choroid, often associated with subretinal fluid in early phase. This case report will review clinical signs ASPPC to aid practitioner identification recognitio...

Dry eye disease (DED) is an inflammatory disorder of ocular surfaces leading to severe disability, especially in the elderly age group. The mainstay of therapy includes artificial tears, punctual plugs, topical anti-inflammatory agents, and corticosteroids. In the past few years, only cyclosporine-A emulsions have been added to the existing therapy, but it is discontinued by most patients as it...

background: in some studies inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) and celiac disease were considered to be associated and some belive that this association may influence the prognosis of ibd. however, there is a cosiderable controversy regarding this association. therefore ,we aimed to assess the association of these two common digestive diseases and evaluate the complications of this association. m...

Patients (pts) with inactive/non-inflammatory thyroid eye disease (TED) previously reported similar negative quality of life as those active/inflammatory TED, using TED-specific Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO-QOL) scores. Mean visual function and appearance scores 58.6 62.3, respectively, indicated significant impact. Here we examined specific areas affected by non-inflammatory TED. An online surve...

Background: Behcet syndrome is a recurrent inflammatory disorder that frequently involves the ocular system. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of ocular involvement in cases of Behcet's disease in Babol, north of Iran. Methods: From April 2003 to December 2009, 100 cases of behcet's disease who were admitted at the Department of Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine of Babo...