Ocular injuries caused by deploying airbags are well-described in the literature and can be either mechanical or chemical in nature. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report describing an isolated paracentral scotoma noted immediately after an airbag injury. The use of optical coherence tomography revealed an anatomical correlate of the scotoma. The authors discuss a likely mechanism...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of diode laser photocoagulation in patients with central serous retinopathy (CSR) and to compare it with the effects of argon green laser. METHODS Thirty patients with type 1 unilateral CSR were enrolled and evaluated on parameters like best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy, amsler grid for recording scotoma and metamorphop...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the clinical-radiologic correlation between a junctional scotoma and a focal lesion compressing the prechiasmatic segment of the distal optic nerve. METHODS Case report involving a man with a pituitary adenoma. Clinical correlation was determined by reviewing visual field evaluations and magnetic resonance images. RESULTS The tumor compressed the prechiasmatic segment...

The broad division of syphilitic disease of the central nervous system into parenchymatous and meningo-vascular types has proved of considerable value, both in understanding the pathological processes involved in the clinical patterns of disease and in estimating their prognosis. Its application to syphilitic disease of the optic nerve has been neglected; for whereas parenchymatous degeneration...

The standard automated perimetry (SAP) 24-2 test cannot adequately test the paracentral region because test points are located sparsely in macular area where is crowded with retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), even though paracentral scotoma is clinically related to a risk of losing visual function. More sensitive visual field (VF) tests are needed to assess paracentral VF defects precisely. We inve...

We have developed an Internet-based, integrated, and comprehensive visual field test and diagnosis system to assess the visual performance of warfighters, veterans, and civilians. The system is based on the 3D Computerautomated Threshold Amsler Grid (3D-CTAG) test. In multiple clinical studies 3D-CTAG has proven to be innovative and successful for fast, easy, accurate, noninvasive, and comprehe...

We report 13 cases of ophthalmic complications resulting from dengue infection in Singapore. We performed a retrospective analysis of a series of 13 patients with dengue fever who had visual impairment. Investigations included Humphrey automated visual field analyzer, Amsler charting, fundus fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography. Twenty-two eyes of 13 patients were affected....

Irreversible optic nerve dysfunction associated with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is an unusual but important complication of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM). Acute visual loss in CRVO is mainly due the severe macular oedema. However, ischaemic optic neuropathy needs to be considered in patients with CRVO when, (i) there is a relative afferent papillary defect and central scotoma, (...

Goldenhar syndrome is a rare clinical disturbance with a wide range of clinical manifestations. We report on a 6-year-old male with peculiar retinal presentation of Goldenhar syndrome. The patient was referred to Ophthalmology for central scotoma in the left eye, where visual acuity was 20/100. Fundus examination was unremarkable, except for yellowish material in the central macula. SD-OCT reve...