Objective: To exhibit the results of routine ophthalmologic screening in infants between 0-1 years age referred to ophthalmology clinic from departments pediatrics and family medicine. Method: Referred August 2014 November 2019, 11196 eyes 5598 term were retrospectively investigated study, all participants ophthalmologically examined at 1st, 6th, 12th months age. Infants’ pupils dilated with 0....

Sturge –Weber syndrome (SWS) or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis is a sporadic,congenital phakomatosis of unknown etiology.Diagnosed by the triad of facial port wine stain(PWS) in the trigeminal nerve distribution, leptomeningeal venous angiomatosis ,and glaucoma. Bilateral Sturge-Weber Syndrome is a rare entity. We present in this report a rare case of bilateral SWS type II , with PWS involvin...

OBJECTIVES (i) To determine the prevalence and pattern of glaucomas presented to Nepal Eye Hospital for strategic planning. (ii) To know the most common attributable factors giving rise to secondary glaucoma. (iii) To know the incidence of Glaucoma blindness. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective hospital based analysis of medical records of patients attending Nepal Eye Hospital Glaucoma clin...

PURPOSE To determine in primary congenital glaucoma whether age of presentation influences surgical success, the degrees of angle surgery needed to achieve glaucoma control, and whether there are critical ages where glaucoma progresses, requiring further surgical management. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS The medical records of patients with primary congenital glaucoma over a 23...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence and contribution of different types of glaucoma to blindness at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, a suburban tertiary care hospital in Edo State, Nigeria. METHODS Medical records of all new patients with glaucoma who presented to the eye clinic of the hospital from June 2007 to May 2009 were reviewed. RESULTS Out of a total of 2,742 new patients seen ove...

To cite: Vasileiadis GT, Frangouli O. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015210979 DESCRIPTION A term female infant was born by forceps delivery after failed ventouse. There was a history of maternal fever and antenatal antibiotics. She was in good condition after birth but was noticed to have an ‘enlarged and cloudy right eye’. Elevated C reactive p...

Childhood blindness has an adverse effect on growth, development, social, and economic opportunities. Severe visual impairment (SVI) and blindness in infants must be detected as early as possible to initiate immediate treatment to prevent deep amblyopia. Although difficult, measurement of visual acuity of an infant is possible. The causes of SVI and blindness may be prenatal, perinatal, and pos...

Glaucoma drainage implants (GDIs) are used to treat paediatric glaucoma resistant to conventional medical and surgical treatment, achieving good intraocular pressure (IOP) control and long-term success. Late endophthalmitis is a rare complication that may develop following GDI surgery. A 17-year-old male presented with acute endophthalmitis 2 years after Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation with p...

PURPOSE To compare Ologen implant versus mitomycin-C (MMC) in combined trabeculotomy and trabeculectomy as a treatment of primary congenital glaucoma. SETTING Sohag University Hospital, Egypt. DESIGN A prospective comparative study. METHODS Thirty-four eyes of twenty-one patients with primary congenital glaucoma were included in this study. All patients were subjected to preoperative eval...

AIM This study aims to determine treatment patterns, long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) and perimetric control in different glaucomas seen at a tertiary eye center. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Hospital-based, cross-sectional chart review of patients routinely following up at an outpatient glaucoma service. METHODS Patients with a follow-up of at least 10 years were evaluated. Their mean IOP, visu...