Objective: Present the diagnosis and therapeutic approach in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and ocular involvement.
Case Report: A 46-year-old patient presented for progressive loss of vision and metamorphopsias in the left eye. The ophthalmological examination showed angioid streaks and secondary choroidal neovascularization.
: This study investigated the frequency and timing of optic neuritis (ON) episodes in relation to the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) and examined the occurrence of Uhthoff's phenomenon and Lhermitte's sign to understand their roles in early diagnosis and disease progression. : A longitudinal study was conducted with 127 MS patients. Clinical data, including ophthalmological examinations for ON, were collected and questionnaires assessed the presence of Uhthoff's phenomenon and Lhermitte's sign.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe first purpose is to present the diagnosis and therapeutic approach in a patient with sterile endophthalmitis associated with triamcinolone acetonide injection. The secondary objective is to assess the incidence of this complication and to summarize the risk factors described in the literature. A 76-year-old male patient presented for painless, unilateral, decreased visual acuity, four days after cataract surgery and simultaneously intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for diabetic macular edema in the right eye.
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