PURPOSE Occurrence of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) during pregnancy has been reported as a complication of presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome or punctuate inner chorioretinopathy. To our knowledge, idiopathic CNV (ICNV) during pregnancy has only been reported once in the relevant literature. Bevacizumab has been used for the treatment of ICNV in small case series. However, there is l...

The interstitial nucleus of Cajal (INC) is thought to play an important role in torsional/vertical eye position and head posture, and disorders of the INC induce abnormal ocular movements and head tilt. Our patients with ocular tilt reactions simultaneously also had disturbances in ambulatory balance, yet no reports address the loss of balance control induced by disorders of the INC. We examine...

PURPOSE Low socioeconomic status is associated with higher prevalence of diabetes, worse outcomes, and worse quality of care. We explored the relationship between education, as a measure of socioeconomic status, and quality of care in the Swiss context. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data were drawn from a population-based survey of 519 adults with diabetes during fall 2011 and summer 2012 in a canton ...

PURPOSE This study aimed to compare lens capsule-related problems in mature versus non-mature senile cataracts in patients undergoing phacoemulsification surgery. METHODS A total of 295 patients with senile cataract were divided into two groups according to lens maturation: 105 patients with mature senile cataract comprised Group 1 (study group) and the remaining 190 with non-mature senile ca...

PURPOSE To identify patients with autosomal recessive retinal dystrophy caused by mutations in the gene, retinal dehydrogenase 12 (RDH12), and to report the associated phenotype. METHODS After giving informed consent, all patients underwent full clinical evaluation. Patients were selected for mutation analysis based upon positive results from the Asper Ophthalmics Leber congenital amaurosis a...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 34-year-old lady who defaulted highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), returned after 2 years with bilateral rapidly progressive blurring of vision of 6 months duration. Five months back she was diagnosed to have cerebral toxoplasmosis and was started on double strength trimethoprim/ sulphamethoxazole and HAART and she was continuing on the same regimen. Her CD4+T cel...

PURPOSE A recent study revealed thickening of the inner retinal layers in acute stage of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS); however, the pathogenesis is still unknown. We report two cases with MEWDS whose funduscopy showed obvious retinal vasculitis. METHODS Case reports. RESULTS Healthy myopic 16- and 27-year-old women were the cases under study. In both cases, funduscopic exa...

OBJECTIVE To report a good clinical outcome in a patient with bilateral choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) treated with intravitreal ranibizumab injection. METHODS A 12-year-old girl was referred for loss of right eye vision detected in a routine check-up. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand movements in the right eye and 0.9 in the left...

BACKGROUND Light emitting diodes laser is emerging as an important source of light replacing conventional lights. It is widely used for illumination in the bar where young people love to go. But not everyone knows about the light damage to the eye especially to the macula. In this article, we report the case of a macular damage induced by LED-derived blue laser in a bar, studied with optical co...