Purpose: To describe the long-term outcomes of 2 cases primary autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for treatment central nervous system lymphoma–ophthalmic variant (PCNSL-O) or vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL). Methods: Two and their findings were analyzed. A review histopathology, systemic treatment, multimodal ocular imaging was performed. Results: 52-year-old woman 56-year-old referred ...

purpose: to determine the prevalence of ocular involvement in patients with tuberculosis (tb) infection. methods: all patients with a new diagnosis of tb who were referred to zahedan tuberculosis center underwent a complete ophthalmic examination. any cases of known ophthalmic disease or previous ocular involvement were excluded from the study. prevalence of ocular involvement with 95% confiden...

Background: Recent studies in eye plaque brachytherapy have shown a considerable difference between the dosimetric results using water phantom and a model of human eye containing realistic materials. In spite of this fact, there is a lack of simulation studies based on such a model in proton therapy literatures. In the presented work, the effect of utilizing an eye model with ocular media on pr...

ocular trauma is an important cause of ocular morbidity in children. at present only limited studies regarding distribution of ocular trauma exist in iran. this study was performed to define epidemiologic characteristics and clinical profile of ocular trauma in children and to discuss management and final outcomes of such injuries. the files of 60 patients aged 16 years or younger who had been ...

purpose : to evaluate the visual results of amblyopic therapy in pediatric patients with monocular abnormalities. methods : the hospital records of visually immature patients with unilateral organic ocular abnormalities and decreased visual acuity, who presented to the pediatric ophthalmology clinic over a one year period, were reviewed. those who had 8 years old of age or less and underwent am...

purpose: to report an unusual ocular presentation of a relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. case report: a 9-year-old girl presented with a subconjunctival mass and ipsilateral preauricular lymphadenopathy. she had history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) in remission but had a normal blood cell profile. because of corneal dellen formation and enlargement of the mass over a 2-week peri...

objective: to determine the sensivity and specifity of ocular ultrasonography in detecting vitreoretinal lesion prior to deep vitrectomy in patients with opaque media. method: the hospital records of patients undergoing deep vitrectomy in a defined period at shiraz khalili hospital were reviewed. sonographic reports given by a sonologist and operation reports given by a vitreoretinal fellowship...

Leeches are segmented worms belonging to Phylum Annelida and make up the subclass Hirudinea. Leeches have been historically used in medicine to suck blood from patients. Ocular infestation with leech is rare, moreover it is often misdiagnosed. In this report, we describe 2 patients with continuous bright ocular bleeding after swimming in a pool, and pseudo iris prolapse in a child after trauma ...

bling times in metastatic malignant melanoma of the uvea: tumor progression before and after treatment. Ophthalmology. 2000;107(8):1443-1449. 8. Clarke M, Collins R, Darby S, et al. Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials. Lancet. 2005;366(9503):2087-2106. 9. Presch...

Limbal stem cells (LSCs) are already used in cell-based treatments for ocular surface disorders. Clinical translation of LSCs-based therapies critically depends on the successful delivery, survival, and retention these therapeutic to desired region. Such a major bottleneck could be overcome by using an appropriate carrier provide anchoring sites structural support LSC culture transplantation. B...