A 65-year-old diabetic and hypertensive male presented with a sudden diminution of vision after sustaining a trivial fingernail injury to his only good-seeing (right) eye. The patient underwent phacotrabeculectomy with posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation 22 years previously. In his right eye visual acuity at presentation was counting fingers at 1.5 m with an accurate project...

A 59‐year‐old gentleman presented with decreased visual acuity and metamorphopsia in both eyes for one year, worsening over the past three months. Except for a history of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in his left eye, medical, surgical and ocular history was unremarkable. Best corrected visual acuity was 3/10 and 6/10 with +3.50‐0.75 × 180 and −0.50‐0.75 × 180 in t...

PURPOSE Spontaneous venous pulsation is one of the clinical signs with which to rule out elevated intracranial pressure and papilledema. More subtle pulsatile retinal movements are difficult to observe because of eye movements. Recording a fundus movie and aligning (registering) the images helps, but the images still contain distracting microsaccadic distortions and noise. The authors hypothesi...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) for the management of postvitrectomy diabetic vitreous hemorrhage. METHODS The authors conducted a retrospective study of patients with postvitrectomy diabetic vitreous hemorrhage who were administered 4 mg (0.1 cc) of triamcinolone acetonide ophthalmic suspension. Ocular history, adverse events, BCVA, intraocular ...

To cite: Wang J-K, Huang T-L. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015210558 DESCRIPTION A 10-year-old girl presented with blurred vision in her right eye since birth. Birth, developmental and medical histories were otherwise unremarkable. Her best corrected visual acuity was 20/30 and 20/20 in the right and left eyes, respectively, with bilateral mild...

AIMS To determine the degree to which optical coherence tomography (OCT) can distinguish differences in retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness between eyes with mild papilloedema, pseudopapilloedema, and normal findings. METHODS 13 patients with mild papilloedema, 11 patients with congenitally crowded optic nerves, and 17 normal subjects underwent neuro-ophthalmic examination, automated v...

DESCRIPTION A lady in her 50s was transferred to the neurosurgical department with reduced conscious level resulting from subarachnoid haemorrhage. The culpable anterior communicating artery aneurysmwas coiled without complication. The following day she remained drowsy and slightly dysphasic, but intimated a sudden alteration in visual acuity in her right eye. On examination, she was unable to ...

MAIN OBJECTIVE To evaluate the distribution of central corneal thickness (CCT) in a large German cohort and to analyse its relationship with intraocular pressure and further ocular factors. DESIGN Population-based, prospective, cohort study. METHODS The Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) cohort included 4,698 eligible enrollees of 5,000 subjects (age range 35-74 years) who participated in the sur...

Ocular tissues are known to be sensitive to damage from exposure to laser emissions. This study reports the case of a female patient with acute unilateral anterior uveitis caused by alexandrite laser-assisted hair removal of the eyebrows. We report a 38-year-old female who presented with unilateral eye pain, redness, and photophobia after receiving alexandrite (755 nm) laser epilation of both e...