We present a rare case of a 25-year-old woman who developed idiopathic portal hypertension and ascites four days after delivering a stillborn child at term. She had no previous liver illness or risk factors for portal vein thrombosis. Investigations revealed a dilated portal vein, esophageal varices, and high serum-albumin gradient ascites, all of which point to a presinusoidal etiology of portal hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe a case of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), an uncommon and dangerous complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that struck a 22-year-old woman with SLE. Chronic autoimmune illness (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the visual and topographic outcomes between mechanical epithelial debridement followed by accelerated corneal collagen cross linking (CXL) vs. transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy followed by accelerated CXL for treatment of progressive keratoconus.
Study Design: Quasi experimental study.
Objective: To assess the variation in intraocular pressure measurements between Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) and Goldmann Applanation Tonometer (GAT) in myopic patients undergoing laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of the Study: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology (AFIO), National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, between September 2020 and 2021.