The study was undertaken to observe the co-relation between microangiopathic changes in diabetic retinopathy and microvascular changes in diabetic nephropathy. Included in the study were 64 patients with chronic renal failure who were on maintenance dialysis, 40 had hypertension alone, 21 hypertension and diabetes and 3 had diabetes alone. On examination of retina, of 40 hypertensive patients, ...

PURPOSE After studying 3 clinical cases, we have reviewed the clinical and radiological characteristics of meningocele, meningioma and optic nerve glioma. The differential diagnosis and therapeutic management are also discussed. METHODS Review of three clinical reports of three patients seen in our unit and a bibliographic search concerning the diagnosis and therapeutic management of these th...

PURPOSE To report on a 19-year-old man with 'spontaneous' periocular hemorrhage and macrohematuria as the first signs of a bone-marrow-infiltrating rhabdomyosarcoma of the left superior rectus muscle. PROCEDURES Clinical eye examination, magnetic resonance imaging, laboratory workup and bone marrow biopsy were performed. RESULTS Magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass lesion in the left su...

Accepted for publication 24 November 1993 Case report A 55-year-old white man presented with an 8 month history of poor vision in the left eye. He had a history of mild asthma and 2 years previously had suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a left middle cerebral artery aneurysm which was subsequently clipped. There was no visual disturbance associated with the subarachnoid haemorrhage....

Purpose To assess the evolution of retinal findings in patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) by funduscopy, intravenous fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography. Observations Three women and one man were followed for a period of 1.5-37 years. Four patients (8 eyes) had drusen detected at first fundus exam at age 24, 29, 50 and 55. Three patients (6 eyes...

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for clinicians. Manifesting in a remarkably wide spectrum of symptoms and signs, CVT often presents in a misleading fashion-if unrecognized or misdiagnosed, it carries potentially fatal consequences. Visual loss is quite rare as the initial presentation of CVT and is typically a finding more frequent in chronic case...

A comprehensive, detailed history and physical examination with pulse oximetry and nondilated funduscopy (to look for traumatic retinal hemorrhage) helps to determine the underlying etiology of an ALTE in 70 percent of infants. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: C, based on case series). Initial diagnostic evaluation should include 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG); blood gas analysis; chest ra...

CASE REPORT A 58 year-old female was diagnosed with a juxtapapillary combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (CHR-RPE) in her left eye 14 years ago. Her visual acuity in that eye was 20/20. Recently, she came to our department with a sudden visual loss and metamorphopsis in her left eye. After performing funduscopy, angiography and OCT, she was diagnosed with choroidal n...

exudative retinal detachment (erd) may be seen with many ocular pathologies including malignancies. among malignant causes, metastases of breast and lung carcinoma are most common. a 50-year-old woman referred to our clinic with history of decreased visual acuity in her right eye since 3 months before referral. the visual acuity was counting fingers at 2 meters and 6/10 in the right and left ey...

purpose: to report a case of retinocytoma associated with bilateral retinoblastoma. case report: a 3-year-old girl presenting with left eye exotropia was referred to our ophthalmic oncology service for a second opinion. funduscopy under general anesthesia revealed one prominent retinocytoma associated with five discrete retinoblastomas in the left eye and three discrete retino-blastomas in the ...