[Bilateral multifocal pigment epithelial detachments associated with inhaled corticosteroids].

A 37-year-old male patient presented with metamorphopsia and unilateral visual impairment with the presence of hundreds of bilateral avascular retinal pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs). The patient suffered from allergic bronchial asthma which was treated with inhaled corticosteroids. Cessation of corticosteroid treatment resulted in flattening of larger PEDs and subsequent transition to atrophic areas over time while smaller PEDs persisted and spread peripherally over an observation period of 14½ years.

Response of vascular pigment epithelium detachment due to age-related macular degeneration to monthly treatment with ranibizumab: the prospective, multicentre RECOVER study.

Purpose: To assess the effects of monthly intravitreal ranibizumab injections in patients with vascularized pigment epithelium detachment (vPED) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: A total of 40 patients were prospectively observed and treated monthly with 0.5 mg ranibizumab injections (ClinicalTrials.

[Opacification of a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens after DMEK : A material analysis].

Objective: Calcification of a hydrophilic intraocular lens (IOL) is a rare complication. We report on the analysis of an opacified IOL, which was explanted 2 years after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), using light and scanning electron microscopy, X‑ray spectroscopy and investigations on the optical bench.

Methods: In October 2012 a patient with pseudophakic keratopathy and Fuchs endothelial dystrophy underwent DMEK with double rebubbling.

Prediction of retinal pigment epithelial tear in serous vascularized pigment epithelium detachment.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to identify predictive factors for detection of impending retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tears in patients under anti-VEGF therapy for treatment of retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED) due to exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using near-infrared reflectance imaging (NIR), spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and fluorescein angiography (FLA).

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated NIR, SD-OCT and FLA images, number of intravitreal injections as well as demographical data of 103 eyes of 98 patients with vascularized PED [48.5% fibrovascular PED (fPED), 51.

[BOON (Bonn ophthalmology online network). Concept of an integrative databank for monitoring patients under intravitreal therapy].

Background: Previous studies have proven that long-lasting success in the therapy of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other neovascular retinal diseases depends on monthly follow-up examinations to assess visual acuity and retinal morphology.

Materials And Methods: The interactive database Bonn ophthalmology online network (BOON) offers a platform for patient monitoring, increasing control reliability and providing a tool for permanent communication between treating centers and referring ophthalmologists. The BOON data-based project started in 2009 at the department of ophthalmology at Bonn University and ten referring ophthalmology practices.