Survival of children with cancer in resource-limited regions is very poor compared to better-resourced regions. Retinoblastoma (RB) a childhood that commonly reported many Africa. RB may be safely and effectively treated by non-specialists, which could facilitate more widespread availability treatment under-resourced areas. A ten-year consecutive series at Ruharo Eye Centre between December 200...

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Dear Editor, This report describes a patient with locally aggressive ad-enoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the lacrimal gland that recurred after neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC), local surgery and postoperative radiotherapy. A 47-year-old female presented with painless swelling of her right eyelid that had persisted for 3 months. Physical examination revealed 3-mm exophthalmos of the...

The third Annual ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmic Research Institute Conference was held Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5, 2007 at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel and Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The conference, funded by the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research through a grant from Pfizer Ophthalmics, provided an opportunity to gather experts from within and outside ophthalmology to develop strate...

Resident Perspective: Subclinical ocular inflammation in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitisRecurrent stomatitis is the most common oral mucosal ulcerative disease, primarily affecting buccal mucosa and tongue.1Akintoye SO Greenberg MS. Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis.Dent Clin North Am. 2014; 58: 281-297Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (121) Google Scholar This condition has been lin...