Publications by authors named "Cristina Briamonte"

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the functional and anatomical outcomes of a prospective study resulting from repeated dexamethasone intravitreal implants in patients with uveitic refractory macular edema.

Methods: Twelve eyes of 9 patients with intermediate and posterior noninfectious inflammatory uveitis complicated with refractory macular edema were regularly reviewed after a dexamethasone intravitreal implant. Patients were examined at baseline, 30, 90, 135, and 180 days with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), complete slit-lamp examination, intraocular pressure (IOP), optical coherence tomography, and fluorescein angiography.

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Background: Iris tumors are rare in young patients. When an iris lesion occurs in a pediatric patient, it can be difficult to classify because of the wide spectrum of iris proliferations.

Case Presentation: We report on an unusual case of a vascularized iris lesion in a three year old Caucasian patient, with no symptoms and no visual impairment.

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Background: Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) is a rare disorder characterized by unilateral facial atrophy affecting the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, and sometimes extending to the osteocartilaginous structures. Ocular involvement is relatively rare.

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 23-year-old female caucasian patient with Parry Romberg syndrome and extensive ocular involvement: enophthalmos, uveitis, iris atrophy.

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Aim: To detect early structural changes of retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and macular ganglion cell complex (GCC) in subjects with a positive family history for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) using Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) (RTVue-100).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study. First and second degree relatives of POAG patients, healthy subjects, and subjects with preperimetric glaucoma (PPG) without a family history for glaucoma, were enrolled.

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Aims: To evaluate the capability of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) to detect structural damage in patients with preperimetric glaucoma.

Methods: A total of 178 Caucasian subjects were enrolled in this cohort study: 116 preperimetric glaucoma patients and 52 healthy subjects. Using three-dimensional FD-OCT, the participants underwent imaging of the ganglion cell complex (GCC) and the optic nerve head.

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