Sclerochoroidal calcifications imaged using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To report a case of sclerochoroidal calcifications and describe the appearance of these lesions using optical coherence tomography with enhanced depth imaging (EDI-OCT) technology.

Design: Case Report

Methods: An 85-year-old patient who presented with bilateral retinal lesions suspected to be metastases was evaluated with slit-lamp biomicroscopy, funduscopy, fluorescein angiography, B-scan ultrasonography (U/S), and EDI-OCT.

Results: B-scan U/S demonstrated echo-dense consolidations in the choroid bilaterally with acoustic shadowing consistent with sclerochoroidal calcifications.

Confirmation of and differentiation among primary vascular lesions using ultrasonography.

Purpose: To demonstrate the utility of orbital ultrasound in the evaluation and management of suspected orbital vascular lesions.

Methods: Clinical case series of 15 patients with suspected orbital vascular lesions seen in the Neuro-ophthalmology clinic of the Wilmer Eye Institute. The techniques of standardized echography (combined use of a contact B-scan and standardized A-scan) were performed by an experienced echographer, and data obtained were compared with other available imaging modalities to determine appropriate management.

The suboptimal role of optical coherence tomography in diagnosing choroidal metastasis in the macula.

Purpose: To describe the clinical, optical coherence tomography, and echographic findings of a choroidal metastasis in the macula. An initial, erroneous diagnosis of a serous pigment epithelial detachment of the macula had been based on ophthalmoscopic and optical coherence tomography findings.

Methods: Case report of a patient with blurred vision in one eye and presumed serous pigment epithelial detachment.

Epibulbar foreign body granuloma masquerading as extrascleral extension following brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma.

Purpose: To describe a patient with epibulbar foreign body granuloma following brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma and to illustrate the echographic features that aided in the differential diagnosis.

Methods: Observational case report. Patient had multiple clinical exams over time to evaluate a treated choroidal melanoma.

Ultrasound features of orbital granular cell tumor.

The authors report the echographic characteristics of a rare orbital granular cell tumor and correlate these findings with histopathology. A 56-year-old woman presented with proptosis. Complete ophthalmic and ultrasound examinations were performed.

Prevalence of cystoid macular edema and stability in oct retinal thickness in eyes with retinitis pigmentosa during a 48-week lutein trial.

Purpose: To describe, in a group of patients with moderately advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP), the prevalence of cystoid macular edema (CME), the variation in foveal thickness over a 48-week period, the correlation of visual acuity (VA) with retinal thickness, and the lack of response of CME to lutein administration.

Methods: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the macula and clinical examination were evaluated for 77 eyes of 39 patients with RP over 11 months, with a scan done every 6 weeks.

Results: The prevalence of CME, defined by cysts visible on OCT, was 49%.