Publications by authors named "C Mapelli"
Article Synopsis
- The study reports two cases of acute retinal necrosis (ARN) caused by co-infection of varicella zoster virus (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV), confirmed through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on aqueous fluid.
- Both patients presented with unilateral panuveitis and underwent empirical therapy; PCR results indicated the dual viral infection, which helped tailor their treatment.
- Follow-up imaging showed resolution of the active retinitis, highlighting the critical role of PCR in diagnosing and managing complicated ARN cases in various patient backgrounds.*
Objectives: This independent prospective study evaluated the short-term effects and safety of photobiomodulation (PBM) in early and intermediate age-related macular degeneration.
Methods: patients were treated with PBM in one eye. Functional parameters and drusen volume were measured at one (W4), three- (W12) and six-months (W24) after PBM.
Purpose: To determine the 10-year morphological outcomes and identify potential risk factors for exudative AMD in the fellow eyes (FE) in patients with naïve exudative AMD.
Methods: Data from 100 patients were retrospectively reviewed. Baseline macular neovascularization (MNV) type in the exudative AMD eye and presence of drusen, intraretinal hyperreflective foci (iHRF), non-foveal incomplete atrophy (iRORA), central retinal thickness and subfoveal choroidal thickness in the FEs were analyzed as biomarkers for progression in the second eye.
Purpose: To report the clinical course and the retinal imaging features of a case of cytology-proven primary vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL) presenting with a transient bacillary layer detachment (BALAD) during the disease course.
Methods: Observational case report.
Results: A 50 year-old woman was referred to us with a 2-month history of vitritis in both eyes, poorly responding to oral prednisolone.