Publications by authors named "Abdessalem N"
Apart from congenital causes, orbital trauma is a leading cause of unilateral vision loss in children. We report the case of a 2-year-old child who was victim of an orbital trauma of the right eye caused by a ballpoint pen. He consulted us the day after the trauma with significant palpebral edema making the examination difficult.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To assess epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients presenting with a clinically diagnosed severe corneal abscess at the Farhat Hached Hospital Department of Ophthalmology (Sousse).
Methods: A retrospective, descriptive and anlalytic study of patients presenting severe corneal abscess was conducted over 5 years, from january 1st of 2013 to septembre 3Oth of 2017. The epidemiological, clinical and microbiological aspects, were analyzed.
A 5-year retrospective review of fungal keratitis in the region of Cap Bon.
J Fr Ophtalmol
December 2016
Introduction: Microbial keratitis is a serious ocular infection and a leading cause of morbidity and blindness worldwide.
Methods: A retrospective review of the charts of 30 patients (30 eyes) diagnosed with presumed or culture-proven fungal keratitis among 100 patients with infectious keratitis. All patients initially received hourly 0.
Background: Orbital infections (OI) are a serious disorder that may results in visual and systemic morbidity.
Aim: To study epidemiologic data and outcome of OI in a tertiary eye care center.
Methods: Retrospective study of 28 patients (28 eyes) with OI.
The G20210A mutation in the prothrombin gene is an established risk factor for venous thrombosis. However, there is some controversy as to the role played by this mutation in arterial thrombotic disease. The association of peripheral capillary nonperfusion with prothrombin G20210A mutation has never been reported before.
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