Soft tissue chondromas are rare benign tumors that occur in extraosseous and extra-synovial locations. We report herein a rare presentation of eyelid soft tissue chondroma in a 45-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of a slowly enlarging subcutaneous firm mass on the left upper eyelid, and complete excision of the lesion followed by histopathological examination rendered the diagnosis of soft tissue chondroma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnterior scleritis is rarely diagnosed with a peripheral amelanotic subretinal mass. We reported a rare case of a 31-year-old woman who was referred for suspected left eye choroidal melanoma. The patient had granulomatosis with polyangiitis with a history of treated left eye necrotizing anterior scleritis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraumatic intracorneal foreign bodies are very common and account for 30.8% of all ocular injuries. Deeply embedded intracorneal foreign bodies have been documented in association with good final visual outcome when managed effectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in patients with congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED).
Methods: This was a retrospective, comparative study of all the patients with a histopathological diagnosis of CHED who underwent PKP or DSAEK between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 2016. All the cases were included except those patients who had clear grafts but did not complete 2 years of postoperative follow-up.
Introduction And Importance: Intraocular lens (IOL) implantation after cataract surgery is routine procedure. Traumatic dislocation of the posterior chamber IOL into the subconjunctival space following blunt ocular trauma is rare and it is considered an ophthalmic emergency.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 71-year-old male that presented to our institution with traumatic dislocation of a posterior chamber IOL into the superior-nasal subconjunctival space following blunt trauma to his left eye after an accidental fall on his head.
Saudi J Ophthalmol
June 2022
The prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in physicians in training (PIT) in Saudi Arabia is unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of FM in PIT using different screening tools and factors associated with its development. We also aimed at evaluating the level of agreement and correlation between screening tools.
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