Increased Incidence of Pediatric Uveitis Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic Occurring Before COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation: A Time-Series Analysis.

Objective: To examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increased incidence of uveitis in children.

Study Design: We performed a time-series analysis of patient records from a national, hospital-based, French surveillance system. All children hospitalized for uveitis in France between January 2012 and March 2022 were included.

Outcome and risk factors of vitreoretinal surgery in pediatric patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome for vitreoretinal surgery in children with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) and to evaluate the risk factors associated with failure.

Methods: This is a retrospective interventional case series of 43 consecutive eyes (34 patients) with vitreoretinal surgery for FEVR. Ocular status prior to intervention and at last follow-up and all surgical steps were recorded.

Severe demodexfolliculorum-associated oculocutaneous rosacea in a girl successfully treated with ivermectin.

Importance: There is a limited therapeutic armamentarium for recalcitrant cases of childhood rosacea.

Observations: We report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with severe ocular and cutaneous rosacea unresponsive to oral doxycycline, oral isotretinoin, and topical tacrolimus. A biopsy specimen showed numerous mites within the folliculosebaceous unit.