OBJECTIVE To examine the hyperglycemic effects of periocular dexamethasone injection in type 2 diabetic patients after vitreoretinal surgery (VRS). METHODS This was a retrospective non-randomized controlled trial. Twenty consecutive hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes and ocular inflammatory reaction after VRS were enrolled in this study. Ten patients received 2.5 mg dexamethasone and ...

PURPOSE This study was designed to examine the occurrence of natural cell death in the periocular mesenchyme of mouse embryos. METHODS Vital staining with LysoTracker Red and Nile blue sulfate as well as terminal nick end labeling (TUNEL) were utilized to identify apoptotic cell death in whole and histologicaly sectioned gestational day 10.5 to 14 mouse embryos. Laser scanning confocal micros...

Background: Eczema is one of the most widely spread inflammatory skin disorders contact dermatitis is an eczematous dermatitis that is produced as a result of contact with a substance in the environment. The substance can act as an irritant or allergen. Every country has allergen particular to itself. Objective: Determining the frequency of skin allergens in patients with contact dermatitis in ...

not merely blemishes on the skin: A study on the morbidity associated with having viral cutaneous warts. Dermatosis granulomatosas faciales To t he Edit or: The term f acial granulomat ous dermat osis refers t o a group of disorders characterized by facial papules with the common histological feature of epithelioid granulomas. We present a patient whose condition fitted this classification both...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignant tumor of the eyelids, and the link between ultraviolet light in sun exposure and BCC has been well described. A study in the United Kingdom further suggested a relationship between driving habits and laterality of periocular tumors in men, because men in the United Kingdom are more likely to be the driver and thus be exposed to greater ult...

Comment. In this population-based cohort of children diagnosed as having periocular infantile hemangioma during a 40-year period, amblyopia with or without strabismus occurred in approximately 1 in 5 children. To our knowledge, this study is the first population-based report on periocular infantile hemangiomas in the United States. The rate of amblyopia of 19% in this population is significantl...

PURPOSE To determine whether celecoxib inhibits VEGF secretion from ARPE-19 cells and to investigate further the safety and effectiveness of periocular celecoxib-poly (lactide-co-glycolide; PLGA) microparticles in inhibiting elevations in retinal PGE(2), VEGF, and blood-tissue barrier leakage at the end of 60 days in a streptozotocin diabetic rat model. METHODS VEGF mRNA and protein expressio...

Eyelid margin is one of the most challenging anatomic regions in human body and eyelid tumors raise special difficulties field periocular surgery based on anatomical, histological aesthetic points view.

AIM To present a series of patients with a clinical diagnosis of periocular keratoacanthoma and assess the incidence of histologically proven invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS This retrospective case series included all patients with periocular tumours seen in the authors' unit between 1996 and 2004, and who were initially diagnosed with keratoacanthoma based on the clinical pre...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of intralesional propranolol injection in the management of periocular capillary hemangioma. METHODS A prospective study was performed in 22 consecutive patients with periocular hemangioma. Twelve patients underwent intralesional propranolol injection and ten patients underwent intralesional triamcinolone injection. The size of the ...