Recent botanical collections by H. S. McKee and Douglas E. Yen, together with the few available records from published papers, have been collated into a checklist of the known vascular plants of the Horne and Wallis Islands. Of 248 species here listed, 170 appear to be indigenous. Many of these are widespread, but 45 of them are limited to the Fijian Region (New Hebrides to Samoa) . Of the four...

A mongrel male dog of three years old was referred to the Seoul National University Veterinary Teaching Hospital following a one month history of glaucoma. On ophthalmic examination, hyphema, glaucoma, uveitis, iridal mass, and loss of vision were noted in the right eye. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a mass with involvement of the entire uvea. Radiographic evaluation did not ...

PURPOSE To describe a surgery technique for removing donor sclera tissue after corneo-scleral button excision. RESULTS The extrusion technique is easy to perform. It allows the complete scleral extraction its total clean up to be performed, as well as making easier to isolate the retina and uveal tissue. This technique could have an important role in the anatomical and morphological study of ...

ANGIOMATA of the uveal tract are rare and those situated in the anterior parts of the uveal tract are extremely rare (Duke-Elder, 1940). Cases have been reported as haemangiomata of the iris which appeared as vascular tumours on the surface of the iris giving rise to periodic bleeding. Ashton (1964) reviewed the literature on primary tumours of the iris and reported that so far only eight cases...

A woman with bilateral ocular melanocytosis developed a malignant melanoma of the choroid in one eye. The ocular melanotic hyperpigmentation, present since childhood, clinically involved the conjunctiva and episcleral and uveal tract of both eyes. To our knowledge this is only the second reported case of a uveal malignant melanoma in a patient with bilateral ocular melanocytosis. There is evide...

Based on experimental and clinical studies performed by Machemer and coworkers and other researchers, intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) has been used as an alternative for the treatment of several diseases of the retina and uvea, such as chronic cystoid macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, and retinal vascular occlusion. However, it is an invasive procedure, w...

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a key role in the innate immune response to invading pathogens. Thus, their discovery has opened up a wide range of therapeutic possibilities for various infectious and inflammatory diseases. In the last several years, extensive research efforts have provided a considerable wealth of information on the expression and function of TLRs in the eye, with significant ...

CYSTS in the vitreous, originating from the uvea, are very rare; they may be divided into congenital, traumatic, neoplastic, degenerative, and inflammatory. Being usually transparent, they do not impair vision and are often only discovered accidentally in the course of a routine examination. They are generally unilateral, but Vennin (1910), Litinsky (1931), Perera (1936), and some other authors...