behçet’s disease (bd) is a multisystem disorder with potential ability to influence the pregnancy outcome and pregnancy is associated with several physiologic alterations which can lead to potential changes in the course of the disease. we studied 77 pregnancies in 69 women with bd. the disease activity was calculated by two methods for three periods of before, during and after pregnancy to eva...

introduction: patients with bilateral weakness (bw) have many difficulties in gaze stability that interfere with their normal function. the aim of this study was to evaluate ocular motor functions in patients with bw to better understand the problem of gaze instability in these patients.   materials and methods: patients were referred from the otolaryngology department for vestibular assessment...

in 1991, handlers and colleagues described the central odontogenic fibroma (cof) as a distinct entity which is a rare benign odontogenic tumour and up to the present, only 78 cases of it have been published. cof usually occurs in an adult patient and has a predilection for the anterior region of the jaws. a 2.8:1 female to mail ratio is typically noted. this article presents a case of cof in a ...

purpose : to report clinical and pathologic result of a young patient with isolated cavernous hemangioma of conjunctiva case report : a 26-year-old man who presented with smooth, red, lobular surface mass was seen in the bulbar conjunctiva in temporal side with engorged episcleral and conjunctival vessels around the lesion. excisional biopsy was performed. pathologist confirmed the diagnosis of...

MR imaging with retrobulbar anesthesia was performed in eight patients with uveal melanoma. Injection of 2 mL prilocain hydrochloride in 2% epinephrin into the eye muscle cone resulted in improved image quality in seven patients, without side effects. Ocular MR imaging can be indicated to clarify indeterminate sonographic findings in cases of extrascleral growth or to exclude optic nerve invasi...

PURPOSE Clinical differentiation of choroidal pigmented lesions is sometimes difficult. Choroidal melanoma is the most prevalent primary neoplasia among malignant ocular tumors, and metastasis often occurs before the primary tumor is diagnosed. Therefore, early detection is essential. We investigated the imaging properties of clinically diagnosed melanocytic choroidal tumors using a nonmydriati...

PURPOSE To investigate the clinical features of Korean patients with congenital aniridia. METHODS This retrospective study focused on 60 eyes from 31 patients who were diagnosed with congenital aniridia at Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital from 1996 to 2007. Patient age, gender, visual acuity (VA), family history, and previous ocular history were recorded. The presence of keratopathy, glaucoma, cat...

The eye is a highly sensitive organ. Its physiology and anatomy leads to considering it as a highly protected organ. Effective therapy depends on designing of delivery system. Brain targeting through the ocular delivering system, is a formidable task. But now a day’s ocular delivery plays a promising approach towards brain targeting. The Scientist has been found, some alternative models for bra...

The evaluation of intraocular tumors differs from almost all other oncologic evaluations because there is little reliance on tissue diagnosis. Definitive therapies such as enucleation and radiation are usually based on the results of ophthalmoscopy and a limited number of ancillary studies without the aid of biopsy. Although biopsies can be performed on most intraocular tumors, the ocular morbi...

The occurrence of clinically symptomatic intraocular metastases as an initial manifestation of primary neoplasm is rare event. The recognition of metastatic ocular tumors is important since they indicate a poor prognosis. Prompt diagnosis and treatment can significantly improve the quality of life for these patients. We report the case of a 48-year-old man presenting with a two-week history of ...