Iris varix is rare and little is known about its clinical characteristics. We treated a thrombosed iris varix that simulated an iris melanoma. A 53-year-old man developed a dark brown iris mass and hyphema in his left eye. Ultrasound biomicroscopy revealed a circumscribed mass of the iris stroma. Because of suspicion for melanoma, it was removed by sector iridectomy. Histopathologic examination...

cancer of the eyelid, entropion and ectropion, peritomy, subacute inflammation of the ciliary choroid, recurrent iritis, glaucoma, and iridectomy. The author tells us that " the prodromata of increased intraocular tension are often disregarded by patient and practitioner, or, if noticed, their significance and dangers are not appreciated by the latter. The occurrence of distinct remission durin...

After unilateral total iridectomy, maximum accommodation inducible by corneal iontophoresis of carbachol in rhesus monkeys was approximately 40% less in the iridectomized than in the contralateral untouched eyes, irrespective of age. Ultrasonographically measured anterior chamber shallowing and lens thickening were also less in the iridectomized eyes. Neither submaximal accommodation induced by...

A woman presented with a painful eye 6 weeks after cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. In the past she had had a sector iridectomy for iris bombé caused by chronic anterior uveitis. On examination the three central corneal sutures were absent, whilst the medial and lateral sutures had broken and were protruding from the section. The eye was quiet and the section intact. Combi...

Major Baird's description of his experience with cataract in Gronda* seems to suggest that nothing more than a clear pupil is required in a cataract operation, and that patients are contented with their vision after operation by Colonel Smith's method with an iridectomy. I do not think that this contentment is proved by such large numbers coming for operation, for it appears that a large number...

Clinical examination of 113 patients in South Korea with lepromatous leprosy and severe visual impairment showed that the main cause of visual loss was the combined effect of corneal and lens opacities associated with small nonreacting pupils and iris atrophy. Cataract surgery with broad iridectomy and inferior sphincterotomy offers these patients with chronic lepromatous complications the best...

AT the first meeting of the Society that was held in Coventry, in June, 1926, I read a paper on Iridencleisis and showed some cases upon whom the operation had been performed. At that time I had performed 15 operations only, and the paper was of a preliminary character. It was published in the Trans. Ofhthal. Soc. U.K., Vol. XLVI, page 353, 1926. When the paper came to me for proof correction I...

traumatic peripheral nerve injuries are among most important cause of physical disability among young adults. most partial injuries and some complete injuries recover without operative intervention, with early return of function appearing to be the most significant prognostic factor in these cases. return of function over time depends to a great extent on the underlying neuropathologic conditio...