PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of the part-time occlusion therapy with near activities in monocular amblyopic patients according to gender, age, severity of amblyopia, and the cause of amblyopia. METHODS Fifty eight patients who were prescribed part-time occlusion therapy with near activity from July 1998 to October 2004, were included in this retrospective study. All patients were divided i...

Fifty-one patients with amaurosis fugax were followed for a mean of 4.9 years from their first attack. Females predominated under the age of 50 years in contrast to men who presented in the older age group. Minor permanent visual sequelae occurred in only three patients, but cerebral vascular symptoms were present at some time in just under half the group. A range of abnormalities was identifie...

A 48-year-old male farmer with a past medical history of non-specific headache experienced acute onset of throbbing headache centered over his forehead. About an hour later he acutely lost sight in his right eye, lasting for ≈5 minutes. When the severe headache continued, the patient's wife called an ambulance. In the ambulance, he received fentanyl for the headache but was otherwise normal. At...

We report a case of bilateral retinal artery occlusion due to mitral valve prolapse. Most patients with retinal ischaemia in whom it is found have not been previously known to have it. Since it is a common condition it would seem essential that it be included in the differential diagnosis of amaurosis fugax and retinal artery occlusion if future ischaemic events are to be prevented. All patient...