Transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation for refractory glaucoma secondary to juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a short term follow-up.

To evaluate the success rates of transscleral diode cyclophotocoagulation (TD-CPC) for refractory secondary glaucoma in a paediatric patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Report of a case of a 6-year-old boy suffering from severe uveitis, and secondary open angle glaucoma. The patient had undergone bilateral cataract surgery, two prior trabeculectomies in the left and one in the right eye.

The floppy eyelid syndrome: evaluating lid laxity and its correlation to sleep apnea syndrome and body mass index.

Background. The aim of this study is to present a method of lid laxity evaluation and investigate whether there is an association between floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) and body mass index (BMI) in sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) patients compared to normal subjects. Method.

The efficacy of intravitreal povidone iodine application in experimental Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis.

Aim: The aim of the current study is to evaluate the role of povidone iodine (PVI) in the management of experimental bacterial endophthalmitis in young rabbits.

Method: Twenty white rabbits were used. Colony-forming units (CFU) of Staphylococcus epidermidis were injected intravitreally into the right eye of each animal.

Ocular tuberculoma mimicking intraocular lymphoma.

Purpose: To describe a case of ocular tuberculoma mimicking primary intraocular lymphoma.

Methods/results: A 66-year-old male presented with an exudative retinal detachment, a whitish lesion, and +2 vitreous cells. A PCR that was performed twice was positive for intraocular lymphoma; a PPD was also strongly positive and the patient received anti-TB drugs as a first-line treatment, with complete resolution of all his ocular symptoms.

Pupil reaction to light in Alzheimer's disease: evaluation of pupil size changes and mobility.

Aims: The aim of the study is to assess pupil size changes and mobility evaluation as a diagnostic marker in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Material And Methods: Twenty-three control subjects and 23 patients with probable AD entered the study. The latter patients had been under observation for 2 years and had undergone all necessary examinations to verify their initial diagnosis.

Pars-plana vitrectomy alone vs vitrectomy with scleral buckling for primary rhegmatogenous pseudophakic retinal detachment.

Purpose: To compare primary pars-plana vitrectomy (PPV) alone vs vitrectomy with an encircling scleral buckling procedure for the treatment of primary rhegmatogenous pseudophakic retinal detachment (PsRD).

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative study.

Methods: All 71 eyes of 68 consecutive patients with PsRD presented to our service between 1998 and 2002 were offered either vitrectomy alone (group-A) or vitrectomy in combination with encircling scleral buckling procedure (group-B).

Chronic hyposphagma revealing primary ocular amyloidosis.

Background: Amyloidosis is an extracellular accumulation of a clear substance called amyloid in different organs. Fragments of identical proteinic chains are the components of this substance. Amyloidosis can be primary, secondary (chronic inflammation, multiple myeloma, tumour), senile or hereditary.

[Vitrectomy for vitreo-macular traction syndrome].

Background: In vitreomacular traction syndrome (VTS), partial posterior vitreous detachment is combined with persistent macular adherence of the vitreous cortex, inducing macular traction changes and functional disturbances. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the anatomical and functional results of vitrectomy for clinically active VTS.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 38 consecutive eyes from 36 patients (average age 71.