BACKGROUND Although around 70% of HIV+ cases used to have ocular manifestations, the late reporting of cases often results in severe forms of ocular morbidity that would otherwise have been prevented. The objective of this study was to describe the ocular manifestations of HIV and AIDS-related patients who had been admitted to TM Jafferji Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS Proven case...

Introduction. HIV/AIDS is one of twenty first century's biggest global challenges to mankind with protean manifestations affecting all organs of our body, not even sparing the eyes. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of ocular manifestations of HIV/AIDS and their correlation with CD4-count in a rural area of India. Methods. A hospital based observational cross-sectional stud...

The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical and immunological responses to Demodex on the ocular surface. Thirteen eyes in 10 patients with Demodex blepharitis and chronic ocular surface disorders were included in this study and treated by lid scrubbing with tea tree oil for the eradication of Demodex. We evaluated ocular surface manifestations and Demodex counts, and analyzed IL-1β, ...

The authors report clinical features of ocular manifestations in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), those that affect the visual sensory system and those that affect the ocular motor system. Disturbances of visual sensory function may precede, manifest coincidentally or follow the neurologic manifestations. Visual disturbances are common in MS and often a result of acute demyelinating optic...

Cogan's syndrome is defined as a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin, an autoimmune disease, characterized by bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, vestibular symptoms, inflammatory ocular manifestations with variable risk of developing into a systemic disease. The onset of disease is variable but is often characterized by isolated ocular symptoms or acute ear and/or vestibular manif...

OCULAR manifestations of leprosy constitute a very important aspect of the disease; the loss of vision, leading sometimes to ultimate blindness, may be as serious as any of the other manifestations of the.condition. The frequency of ocular involvement appears to vary greatly and estimates of its incidence vary from 10 to 100 per cent., but in Bengal ocular complications are probably less common...

Vasculitis is not an uncommon diagnosis, however ocular manifestations of vasculitis may at times be presenting symptoms of the disease, requiring an earnest effort on part of the ophthalmologist. In the eye, retinal vessels are the most susceptible to inflammation and sometimes, ocular signs may provide vital clues to the systemic etiology. This review of ocular manifestations of vasculitis is...