Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) was first described by von Graefe in 1866, who named it as ‘relapsing central luetic retinitis’.[1] A variety of names have since been used to describe this idiopathic detachment of the neurosensory retina.[2] It was more than 100 years later that Maumenee, using fluorescein angioscopy, noted that the detachment of the macula resulted from a leak at the le...

Idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome typically affects young, healthy individuals. Despite the dramatic fundus appearance seen in this syndrome, these patients are usually asymptomatic. The syndrome includes peculiar vascular abnormalities in the form of multiple aneurysmal dilatations seen along retinal arterioles and optic nerve-head arterioles, which ...

We report optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in a 48 years old man with Leber’s idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis. Ophthalmoscopy of the right eye revealed serous retinal detachment (SRD) and marked hard exudates in the papillomacular region. Imaging with OCT revealed an accumulation of fluid in the outer nuclear layer (ONL), the outer plexiform layer (OPL) and the inner nuclear layer...

PURPOSE Candidate risk factors for idiopathic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) include heavy manual handling (requiring Valsalva's maneuver). We assessed incidence rates of surgically treated idiopathic RRD among manual workers, non-manual workers and housewives resident in Tuscany, Italy. METHODS We retrieved all hospital discharge records bearing a principal diagnosis corresponding t...

This paper describes the ophthalmological features of 150 patients with idiopathic retinal vasculitis, 67 of whom had isolated retinal vasculitis (RV) and 83 had RV associated with systemic inflammatory disease (RV + SID). The diagnosis of retinal vasculitis was made by ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein angiography, and patients with any identifiable cause (infection, ischaemia, or malignancy) wer...

AIM To identify and confirm the presence of neural elements in idiopathic epiretinal membranes removed from patients' eyes during vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane peeling. METHODS Human epiretinal membranes from patients with no other known eye disease and of varying durations were labelled immunohistochemically with antibodies for neurofilament protein, laminin and either vimentin or GFAP...

CASE REPORT We report a case of Coats' disease in a 10-year-old-girl who presented with a profound visual deficit, exudative retinal detachment, vascular telangiectasias and subretinal lipid, who underwent treatment with an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (AVASTIN(TM)). Serial examinations documented an involutional response with a reduction of the subretinal fluid, exudates and macular t...

Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV) has been recognized as a peculiar form of choroidal neovascularization. The clinical features of recurrent serous retinal leakage and retinal hemorrhage may vary from single lesion to multifocal, from self-limited to recurrent. Caucasian and Japanese patients with IPCV have been reported in the literature. However, research and case reports ab...

Dear Sir, We read the article titled, “Idiopathic pediatric retinal artery occlusion” by Manayath et al.[1] We appreciate the authors effort. Authors have mentioned about absence of etiology in spite of extensive workup. We would like to highlight few points regarding asymptomatic oral trauma induced internal carotid artery spasm which may present as ischemic attack in anterior or middle cerebr...

Exposure to welding is associated with many diseases, especially some of the eye injuries. We present a 49-year-old male patient applied us complaints double vision and blurred for week. The symptoms started after looking machine light few minutes without protective glasses. After excluding another causes, diagnosis idiopathic abducens paralysis was made. As result exposure metals ultraviolet r...