BACKGROUND Anatomically, the right common iliac artery crosses the left iliac vein and its accompanying lymphatics. We hypothesized that this situation could lead to a predominance of edema, telangiectasis, and venous varicosities on the left lower extremities of older persons. METHODS To test this hypothesis, a research assistant who was blinded to the study goals examined 215 predominantly ...

Uniform field temporal contrast sensitivity functions were compared for 10 subjects with congenital nystagmus (seven idiopathic, three with albinism) and 10 normal observers. Sensitivity to luminance modulation did not differ significantly from normal at any temporal frequency tested except 0.5 Hz, at which the subjects with nystagmus had slightly higher sensitivity. In conjunction with other r...

Rosacea is a chronic disorder of unknown etiology with facial and ocular manifestations. It frequently affects women in the fourth to seventh decades, and patients often present to ophthalmologists with complaints relating to blepharitis, meibomianitis, or tear disturbances. Characteristic skin change of flushing, erythema, telangiectasis, papules, and pustules should be sought, as patients fre...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of vitreomacular and cataract surgery on retinal oximetry in vitreomacular disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-eight eyes with epiretinal membrane (ERM) and 15 with idiopathic macular hole (MH) underwent 25 gauge pars plana vitrectomy combined with cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation. Retinal oximetry was performed using the Oxymap T1 before, 1 ...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical course of bilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy (BAIM), and to analyze its pathophysiology. CASE A 33-year-old Japanese woman presented with a sudden, severe, bilateral visual disturbance following a flu-like illness. She was examined by fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (IA), scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO), optical coherence to...

OBJECTIVE To determine the natural history and visual prognosis of patients with branch retinal arterial occlusions secondary to multifocal retinitis. METHODS Cases were reviewed for seven patients who exhibited multifocal retinitis and branch retinal arterial occlusion. The average age of the patients was 27 years (age range, 14 to 19 years). RESULTS Six patients had systemic illnesses ass...

OBJECTIVES To study the demographic profile, clinical presentations, management and visual outcome of retinal vasculitis in a tertiary eye care center of Nepal MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective, record based study of retinal vasculitis cases in the retina clinic of a tertiary care centre in Nepal from January 2009 to January 2011 was carried out. Results of the study were compared to thos...