Ocular Motor Cranial Nerve Palsy as an Indicator of Neglected Systemic Disease in Nigeria: Perspective from a Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic.

The aim of this article from Nigeria is to draw attention to public health issues in medical care using ocular motor cranial nerve palsy (OMCNP) presenting to a neuro-ophthalmology clinic as a case study. All patients presenting with OMCNP between November 2007 and October 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic details as well as information regarding the clinical presentation, clinical course, investigation, and treatment outcomes were extracted from case records.

Relationship between Refraction, Anthropometrics, and Educational Status in a Nigerian Young Adult Population.

Purpose: The study aimed at determining the relationship between refraction and anthropometric measurements and the relationship between the level of education and refractive status in a Nigerian young adult population.

Materials And Methods: Healthy volunteers from the students and staff of a teaching hospital in South-Western Nigeria were studied. Demographic profiles including participants' highest educational status, parental educational level, and the age at first formal school enrollment were documented.

Axial length/corneal radius of curvature ratio and refractive status in an adult Nigerian population.

Aim/background: Associations between axial length (AL) to corneal radius of curvature (CR) ratio and refractive status in a healthy Nigerian adult population were studied.

Materials And Methods: Healthy students and members of staff of Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, South West Nigeria, free of obvious ocular diseases except possible refractive errors were recruited. Consecutive consenting volunteers were recruited by simple random sampling and a proportionate sample of each population based on its representative fraction in the hospital community was recruited.

Associations between ocular biometry and anthropometric measurements in a Nigerian population.

Purpose: The study aimed at determining the associations between ocular biometry and anthropometric measurements in a Nigerian adult population.

Subjects And Methods: Participants were healthy members of staff and students of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. The height and weight were measured, and the body mass index (BMI) was calculated.

Survey of low vision among students attending schools for the blind in Nigeria: a descriptive and interventional study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of low vision among students attending all the schools for the blind in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study set out to determine the proportion of students with low vision/severe visual impairment after best correction, to determine the causes of the low vision, to document the associated pathologies, to determine the types of treatment and visual aid devices required, and to provide the visual aids needed to the students in the schools.

Materials And Methods: All schools students for the blind in Oyo State were evaluated between August 2007 and January 2008.

Visual function survey of commercial intercity vehicle drivers in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of visual impairment among commercial intercity vehicle drivers (CIVDs) in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study.

Participants: Among the estimated 450 drivers operating in 5 motor parks for CIVDs in Ilorin, 399 drivers participated in the study.

Visual impairment from fibrous dysplasia in a middle-aged African man: a case report.

Introduction: Fibrous dysplasia is a benign tumour of the bones and is a disease of unknown aetiology. This report discusses a case of proptosis and visual deterioration with associated bony mass involving the right orbit.

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old Nigerian man of Yoruba ethnic origin presented to the eye clinic of our hospital with right-eye proptosis and visual deterioration of 7-year duration.

Case control study of dry eye and related ocular surface abnormalities in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Background: Tear instability is associated with symptoms of ocular discomfort and irritation. Many patients with dry eyes remain untreated due to improper diagnoses.

Objective: To identify symptoms and surface abnormalities associated with dry eyes.

Tear function and abnormalities of ocular surface: relationship with subjective symptoms of dry eye in ibadan, Nigeria.

Objective: To determine the relationship between tear function and ocular surface abnormalities with subjective symptoms of dry eye.

Methods: Patients with various ocular irritation symptoms suggestive of dry eye were examined for tear break up time (TBUT), Schirmer's test 1, and Rose Bengal staining pattern. They were compared with a group of asymptomatic healthy subjects.

Pattern of eye diseases and visual impairment among students in southwestern Nigeria.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and causes of eye diseases and visual impairment in students in the Ilesa East local government area of Osun state, Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey that utilised a multistage random sampling method to select 1,144 primary and secondary school students.

Results: A total of 1,144 students (504 males and 640 females) were involved in the study.

Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment among school children in south-western Nigeria.

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and identify the causes of blindness and visual impairment in school children of Ilesa-East Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. A total of 1144 school children in primary and secondary schools were selected using a 2-stage random sampling method and examined to determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment. A total of 17 (1.

Causes of blindness in Southwestern Nigeria: a general hospital clinic study.

Purpose: This hospital-based study was carried out to assess the common causes of blindness in Ibadan, the largest city in the southwestern part of Nigeria, and to strengthen the primary eye care approach to control and reduction of cases of blindness in the community.

Methods: Following Hospital Ethical Board approval and informed consent of participants, a prospective study was performed in which 1,544 consecutive patients with bilateral or unilateral blindness seen between January and December 2003 at the Ring Road State Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, were evaluated for causes of blindness. Visual acuity was measured with an illuminated Snellen chart placed 6 meters away from the participants.

Clinicopathologic, ophthalmic, visual profiles and management of mucoceles in blacks.

The study aimed at finding out the clinicopathologic, ophthalmic and visual profiles, management and outcome of mucoceles of the paranasal sinuses in Nigerians. The study was a retrospective review of 20 cases of mucoceles who presented to the ENT clinic and referred to the eye clinic of the University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria. These included nine males and 11 females with a male:female ratio of approximately 1:1.

Retinoblastoma presenting with a cheek mass.

This is a report of a case of retinoblastoma that mimicked Burkitt's lymphoma by presenting with a left proptosis and a right cheek mass. With the aid of fine-needle aspiration cytology, the diagnosis was established as retinoblasstoma and a left modified exenteration was performed. The patient had adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy to the left orbit and the right maxilla with regression.

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis and intestinal parasitic infestations in black children.

The study aimed at finding out any association between vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and intestinal worm infestations in black children in Nigeria. This is a report of a case-control study of a total of 117 cases of VKC and 198 controls, who were newly presenting to two hospitals in Ibadan. The controls were comparable to the cases in many respects.

The aetiology of optic atrophy in Nigerians--a general hospital clinic study.

This study aimed at reviewing cases presenting with optic atrophy at the eye clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria with a view to identifying some of the diagnostic problems. The study was a retrospective review of 100 cases selected by systematic random sampling method of a total of 6160 patients presenting with optic atrophy to the eye clinic over 6 years (April 1990 to March 1996). Diagnosis was based on ophthalmoscopic appearance of optic disc corroborated with visual field studies.

Eye diseases in general out-patient clinic in Ibadan.

Background: Eye diseases constitute one of the commonest problems presenting to the general practice clinic. This study was carried out to determine the pattern of eye diseases presenting to the general out-patient clinic and compare it with those in the ophthalmic clinic.

Methods: All patients presenting to the general out-patient clinic of University College Hospital, Ibadan with ocular problems from July to December 1989 were studied.

Prevalence of atopic diseases in Nigerian children with vernal kerato-conjunctivitis.

A descriptive study of 117 cases of vernal kerato-conjunctivitis (VKC), in children below the age of 18 years, newly presenting to 2 hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria. All the children had a structured questionnaire administered to them which inquired about demographic and clinical, especially history or presence of other atopic diseases amongst other things. Specifically inquired about were asthma, eczema, allergic rhinitis or hay fever, allergic skin rash e.

Conjunctival impression cytology and biochemical assessment of vitamin A status in Nigerian children.

The study was part of a national survey designed as cross-sectional population survey to estimate the prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency in Nigeria. A multistage cluster random sampling technique was used to select about 163 children between 6 and 71 months of age in 2 health zones of Nigeria, for assessment of their vitamin A status. Conjunctival Impression Cytology (CIC) was compared with biochemical method by estimating serum level of vitamin A using the reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Causes of low vision and blindness in children in a blind school in Lagos, Nigeria.

A descriptive study to determine the causes of low vision and blindness in children attending the Pacelli School for the Blind in Lagos State, Nigeria. A standardised methodology was used with structured and semi-structured questioinaires. Twenty-six children aged below 16 years who were identified as having low vision and blindness were examined to determine the causes of the low vision and blindness.

Assessment of educational services available to blind and low vision school children in Lagos, Nigeria.

A descriptive study to assess the educational services available to children attending the Pacelli School for the Blind in Lagos, Nigeria. A standardised methodology was used with structured and semi-structured questionnaires. Observations were also made in some areas.