Branch retinal artery occlusion: visual prognosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the visual prognosis in eyes with branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO).

Design: Retrospective, observational, consecutive case series.

Methods: Retrospective medical record review of 52 consecutive eyes of 52 patients with BRAO seen at two vitreoretinal practices in Birmingham, Alabama.

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy and thalamic infarction.

Objectives: To report a patient with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) who developed a thalamic infarction and to discuss this unusual presentation.

Design: Interventional case report and literature review.

Methods: A 23-year-old man with APMPPE presented with acute confusion and memory loss.

Acute aminoglycoside retinal toxicity in vivo and in vitro.

Purpose: Intentional and inadvertent intraocular administration of aminoglycosides is associated with cases of retinal toxicity. Clinical manifestations resemble a vaso-occlusive event and include edema, intraretinal hemorrhage, and nonperfusion detected by fluorescein angiogram. This study was conducted to measure the retinal function in avascular and isolated perfused retinas to separate vascular and neurologic effects of gentamicin.