Herpes simplex virus uveitis without corneal reactivation is more frequent than previously thought. Although herpes has been implicated as a cause of postoperative and endophthalmitis, it not reported acute endophthalmitis within the early period, specifically one week following cataract extraction. A 55-year-old man with vascularized irregular central disc-shaped stromal opacity complicated ca...

BACKGROUND Tuberculous endophthalmitis is very rare with only 18 reports published worldwide and only a few cases in Japan. We report a case of tuberculous endophthalmitis successfully treated with vitrectomy followed by antituberculous agents. FINDINGS An 81-year-old man was referred to us due to the exacerbation of vitreous opacity on his left eye(OS) after he had received the corticosteroi...

PURPOSE Because immune rejection is likely to be a major barrier to successful retinal transplantation, it is important to determine whether immune privilege for allogeneic retinal grafts is a feature of the subretinal space and vitreous cavity. METHODS Newborn neural retinas of C57BL/6 mice were implanted into the subretinal space, vitreous cavity, or subconjunctival space of eyes of adult B...

PURPOSE To further understand postoperative complications after vortex vein damage during scleral buckling surgery. METHODS The records of 34 patients (34 eyes) with vortex vein damage during scleral buckling surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were reviewed and compared with the records of 410 eyes undergoing similar surgery without vortex vein damage. RESULTS Postoperative compl...

Most regimens for intravitreal injection of antibiotics are based on studies in normal albino rabbits. We examined the effect of two variables, infection and pigmentation, on the ocular distribution of an intravitreal injection of 50 micrograms of gentamicin in rabbit eyes. The half-life of gentamicin in the vitreous of normal pigmented rabbits after intravitreal administration was 24 hr. Antib...

P osterior microphthalmos (PM) is a rare developmental defect in which affected eyes display vitreous chamber foreshortening, normal or nearly normal anterior chamber depth, and papillomacular retinal folds. While membrane-type frizzled-related protein gene (MFRP [RefSeq NM_031433]) mutations have been reported to cause severe hyperopia that resembles PM, the resulting phenotype is better chara...

A child born of a full-term pregnancy had unilateral splitting of the anterior segment of the right eye associated with choristoma. No other craniofacial abnormalitieswere found. The globe was slightly increased in size but was normal in shape. The 2 corneas were separated by a choristoma. Pathological examination revealed splitting of the anterior segment with 2 corneas, 2 lenses, and 2 irides...

Objective- The aim of this study was to evaluate ultrasonographic appearance of the normal eye and obtaining reference values of ocular structures in Iranian native donkey. Design- Experimental study. Animals- Five Iranian native donkeys. Procedures- After preparation of the animals, ocular structures were ima...