retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in childhood. enucleation remains the treatment of choice in many children because the eye can not be salvaged with any other treatment modality. in some cases after enucleation etiologies other than retinoblastoma are detected in histopathologic review (pseudoretinoblastomas). this study aims to evaluate the prevalence and etiolo...

PURPOSE To report on pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with pars plana lensectomy (PPL) with a preserved anterior capsule, panretinal endophotocoagulation (EPC) throughout the pars plana, and silicon oil (SO) tamponade (PPV + PPL + EPC + SO tamponade) for neovascular glaucoma (NVG). METHODS Thirteen eyes with NVG were treated. Ten eyes also underwent SO removal and intraocular lens (IOL) i...

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with Norrie disease to determine if early vitrectomy abrogates the natural history of this rare disease; namely, bilateral no light perception visual acuity and phthisis bulbi. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients seen in our tertiary care pediatric retinal clinical practice from 1988 through 2008 with a potential diagnosis...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of silicone oil tamponade in patients with chronic serous retinal detachment (SRD) persisting for three months after the resolution of ocular inflammation. METHODS A total of 17 eyes of 17 patients diagnosed with chronic SRD persisting for three months after the resolution of ocular inflammation and with high risk of phthisis bulbi by secondary ocular hyp...

PURPOSE Autosomal dominant neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV) is a familial blinding disease of unknown pathophysiology. The eyes and sera from patients with ADNIV were studied to understand the immune response in this condition. METHODS The clinical case of an ADNIV patient was reviewed. Eye specimens from two donors with ADNIV were examined with a panel of standard histopath...

A 46-year-old male patient was referred to our clinic with complaints of diplopia and esotropia in his right eye that developed after a car accident. The patient had right esotropia in primary position and abduction of the right eye was totally limited. Primary deviation was over 40 prism diopters at near and distance. The patient was diagnosed with sixth nerve palsy and 18 months after trauma,...

U ltrasound cycloplasty (UCP) is a procedure based on high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for refractory and non-refractory glaucoma in cases for which surgery is not suitable. UCP may bring about a reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) via multiple mechanisms of action that result in a decrease in aqueous humour production and increase in aqueous humour evacuation. UCP appears to have a...

Objective: To evaluate visual outcome and complications in intraocular foreign bodies. Study Design: Descriptive case series. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was carried out in the department of Ophthalmology, Services Hospital Lahore, over a period of one year from July 2008 to July 2009. Eighteen patients having magnetic or nonmagnetic intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) were inc...

The ocular and systemic changes in incontinentia pigmenti are reviewed here and a case is reported with fundus changes which have not been described previously. Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is characterised by ectodermal defects, with occasional associated mesodermal abnormalities. The typical skin lesions are blue-grey to chocolate-brown arranged along the naevus lines of Blaschko. These occur ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review provides a summary of our current understanding of the ophthalmic manifestations of Ebola virus disease (EVD), pathogenesis, treatment options and directions for future study. The individual, public health and global health implications of eye disease in EVD survivors are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS The West Africa EVD outbreak was of unprecedented magnitude, lead...