PURPOSE To compare the risk factors for bilateral and unilateral disease in normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). METHODS The study analyzed data from consecutive NTG patients with either bilateral (n = 194) or unilateral (n = 193) disease. Multivariate regression models were used to evaluate the following potential risk factors for bilateral eye involvement: age, sex, central corneal thickness, mea...

The finding of eye abnormalities in patients with neurological disease is important for both clinical management and genetic research (Miller and Newman, 2004). In fact, if we exclude degenerative, vascular and inflammatory causes of both eye and neurological pathologies, in some cases we have a genetic origin of conditions, and it is well known that there is eye involvement in numerous genetic...

a long-standing debate among the vocabulary researchers is the depth of processing to learn vocabulary. this paper is a quantitative research which considers a revision in the “involvement load hypothesis” proposed by laufer and hulstijn in 2001. it investigates the role of proficiency and evaluation in this hypothesis in order to better reveal its potential contribution to vocabulary learning....

purpose : acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) is a sight-threatening corneal infection with a rapidly increased incidence since 1990s along with the growing popularity of contact lenses. in this study we aimed to study patients with ak and its associated risk factors in farabi eye hospital of tehran, focusing on those with more severe corneal involvement. methods : patients with clinical or laboratory ...

  Abstract   Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting   the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. Renal involvement is uncommon.   We describe two cases of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) in two women with   distinctive skin lesions and nephrocalcinosis that renal ultrasonography showed a   characteristic pattern of dotted increased echogenicity in the cort...

Case Description- An eight-year-old Holstein cow with inflammed and abnormal lefteyelid was referred to the veterinary clinic of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman.Treatment and Outcome- Because of involvement of all structures of the eye, exentrationwas done and abnormal tissues sent for histopathologic examination. Microscopicevaluations revealed mononuclear histiocytes filled with lipid in ...

Purpose: Here we report a case of postoperative cheek cyst arising from the maxillary sinus with orbital involvement.Case summary: A 56-year-old male presented to our clinic right periorbital edema and visual impairment. Upon examination, he had field defect best corrected acuity 0.6 in eye. The patient was diagnosed originating sinus. developed because radical surgery. Computed tomography show...

hydatid disease is a rare parasitic disease, which mainly involves liver then lung tissues. cardiac involvement is very rare, especially when there is not hepatic involvement. we describe a 47-year-old woman with a history of a lung hydatid cyst who was referred to rajaei heart center, tehran, iran in 2012. her chest computed tomographic scan showed a cardiac mass. echocardiographic examination...

Background A considerable number of patients with Behçet’s syndrome (BS) have vitreous cells on slit lamp examination at the time diagnosis. However, prognostic importance (VC) and their association development posterior uveitis (PU) requiring immunosuppressive treatment is unknown. Objectives We aimed to determine VC in BS patients. Methods The charts 572 consecutive fulfilling ISG criteria wh...