delay the diagnosis and treatment [2, 3, 9]. The audiovestibular prognosis depends on steroid treatment within the first month of the symptoms [3], but hearing loss may progress to profound bilateral deafness if the patient has repeated attacks [3–5]. Our patient’s initial ocular symptoms occurred 4 yrs before her hearing loss. This was the clue leading to diagnosis and appropriate treatment wi...

Purpose. To report a case of Tropheryma whipplei infection with crystalline keratopathy and review the recent literature on the presentation, diagnosis, and management of Whipple's disease. Methods. Detailed case presentation and extensive literature search of Pubmed for all years through February 2012 using the following search terms: Whipple's disease, Tropheryma whipplei, corneal deposits, c...

purpose : the aim of this study was to determine indications of keratoplasty during 7 years (1999–2006) in emam-rreza and vali-asr teaching hospitals of birjand university of medical sciences. methods : medical records of all patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (pk) in teaching hospitals of birjand university of medical sciences from 1999 to 2006 were investigated retrospectively. t...