Novel Surgical Treatment of an Intraretinal Juxtapapillary Hemangioblastoma Using Intraocular Diathermy Forceps: A Case Report.

The surgical treatment of intraretinal juxtapapillary retinal hemangioblastomas (JRHs) was previously contraindicated because of the significant risk of collateral damage to the macula and optic nerve. This case report discusses the effectiveness and safety of a novel surgical technique using intraocular bipolar diathermy forceps to coagulate feeder and draining blood vessels of an intraretinal JRH. The patient suffered from bilateral retinal hemangioblastomas with loss of visual function in one eye and the development of an intraretinal JRH in the other eye.

Efficacy and safety of current treatment options for peripheral retinal haemangioblastomas: a systematic review.

Importance: Approximately twenty per cent of Von Hippel-Lindau patients with retinal haemangioblastomas (RH) suffer from visual impairment. Various treatment options are available for peripheral RH. However, management of peripheral RH is complex due to multifocality and bilaterality.

Retinal haemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau germline mutation carriers: progression, complications and treatment outcome.

Purpose: Evaluation of phenotype and treatment outcome of retinal haemangioblastomas (RH) in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease and correlation of these features with the genotype of VHL germline mutation carriers.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of a longitudinal cohort of 21 VHL germline mutation carriers and RH. Clinical and genetic data were obtained to analyse the correlation of genotype with phenotype and treatment outcomes.

Uveitis causes according to immune status of patients.

Purpose: The advances in medicine have led to an increased number of people living with some form of immunodeficiency. Most ocular infections in immunocompromised patients may lead to irreversible blindness. We identify the causes of uveitis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.

[Ocular syphilis: a warning sign of an HIV infection].

A 29-year-old male presented at the ER with a red and painful left eye with sudden and progressive loss of vision within a week. His visual acuity was 1/60. Slit lamp investigation showed inflammatory cells throughout the anterior chamber and vitreous body, and a hyperaemic and swollen optic disc with retinal lesions, indicating a panuveitis combined with multifocal chorioretinitis.