We have shown previously that angiotensinogen, like other members of the serine protease inhibitor family, has antiangiogenic properties in vitro on cultured endothelial cells and in ovo in the chick chorioallantoic membrane assay. The aim of this study was to show the effects of angiotensinogen on vascular wall remodeling in vivo. We measured the vessel wall thickness (tunica media) stained wi...

Introduction: Angle kappa is important in our clinical practice as it can give the appearance of strabismus. A vertical angle kappa is secondary to macula heterotropia as a result of retinal traction from scar tissue in the posterior pole. Case report: We present an interesting case of a 25 year-old Chinese female who presented with an abnormal vertical angle kappa due to macula ectopia from a ...

INTRODUCTION Brown syndrome is a rare ocular movement abnormality. This syndrome is characterized by an inability to elevate the affected eye in adduction. Most cases are sporadic but the occurrence in Monozygotic twins has suggested the possible autosomal dominant inheritance in Brown syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION A 4-year-old girl (one pair of dizygotic twins) was referred to our pediatric op...

INTRODUCTION Patients with missing superior oblique (SO) tendons present with overelevation/underdepression in adduction. Unilateral cases often exhibit abnormal head postures, whereas in bilateral cases, there may be a marked V-pattern with upgaze exotropia. These patients may have craniosynostosis. METHODS Nine children with unilateral (n = 2) or bilateral (n = 7) absent SO tendons underwen...

Aims. To report the results of lateral rectus muscle recession, medial rectus muscle resection, and superior oblique muscle transposition in the restoration and maintenance of ocular alignment in primary position for patients with total third-nerve palsy. Methods. The medical records of patients who underwent surgery between March 2007 and September 2011 for total third-nerve palsy were reviewe...

Objective: To analyze the management of different types of ptosis of upper eyelid. Design: Descriptive Study. Place and Duration of Study: Eye department CMH Kharian, from January 2006 to December 2007. Patients and Methods: Thirty six patients having ptosis of upper eyelid, managed in eye department, were analyzed to find out frequency of different types of ptosis. Fifteen patients (27 eyes) w...

We report a presumed damage to the left superior rectus (SR) muscle following a dog bite injury that resulted in a marked weakness of elevation and vertical diplopia. A 30-year-old male presented in October 2010 following a dog bite around his left superotemporal orbit. An ophthalmic examination was unremarkable. The patient immediately complained of vertical diplopia, which did not settle duri...

PURPOSE To report an effect of the full tendon transposition augmented with posterior intermuscular suture and recession-resection surgery, for the patient with monocular elevation deficiency (MED) and large exotropia. METHODS Interventional case report. Full tendon transposition augmented with posterior intermuscular suture and recession-resection surgery was performed for a 26-year-old male...

UNLABELLED The aim of this retrospective study was a quantitative analysis of the effect of graded inferior oblique recessions (8 mm, 10 mm or maximal) in strabismus sursoadductorius. METHOD 234 patients (2-81 years of age) with unilateral strabismus sursoadductorius and stereopsis were operated between 1990 and 1999. Maximal recession (14.6 mm) included an anteroposition to the lateral aspec...

A case of acquired Brown syndrome caused by surgical repair of medial orbital wall fracture is reported in the present paper. A 23-year-old man presented at the hospital with right periorbital trauma. Although the patient did not complain of any diplopia, the imaging study revealed a blow-out fracture of the medial orbital wall. Surgical repair with a calvarial bone autograft was performed at t...