Publications by authors named "Farci Roberta"

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  • A 12-year-old child with an optic disk pit underwent surgery to treat a macular detachment, using a specialized technique involving an inverted ILM flap.
  • Post-operative OCT-angiography revealed notable features, including areas of capillary dropout and star-shaped folds in the retina and choroid, indicating changes in blood flow and structure.
  • Two years after surgery, OCT-angiography showed improved macular blood flow, which aligned with the child's full recovery of visual acuity, highlighting the effectiveness of this imaging method for monitoring recovery in similar cases.
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  • The report presents three cases of blepharospasms that occurred after patients had symptomatic COVID-19 infections.
  • It explores the potential link between COVID-19 and essential blepharospasm, suggesting that the eye condition could emerge as a delayed reaction over four weeks post-infection.
  • The authors propose that the coronavirus's ability to affect nerve tissues (neurotropism) might be responsible for triggering blepharospasm in these patients.
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Introduction: X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) is a rare genetic disease causing retinal splitting. The aim of this work is to describe the optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) features in two brothers affected by an hemizygous c.589C>T (p.

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Purpose: To evaluate compass (CMP), a recently introduced device that combines scanning ophthalmoscopy, automated perimetry, and eye tracking, for fundus-guided perimetry (microperimetry) with the purpose of correlating perimetric retinal sensitivity (PRS) and retinal geographic atrophy (GA) features.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed in 56 eyes of 43 patients affected by GA. All patients underwent compass 10-2 perimetry, consisting of a full-threshold visual field on fundus photography and an infrared (IR) image of the central 30° of the retina.

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Purpose: To report our experience with a case of a very atypical clinical onset of multiple sclerosis in a young boy during a COVID-19 infection.

Case Report: A 16-year-old boy was referred to our ophthalmology clinic with a complete isolated bilateral horizontal gaze palsy. The condition had onset suddenly 2 weeks prior and he had no associated symptoms, as well as no significant medical history.

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Background: Ocular surface frequently affects glaucoma patients. In this paper we aimed at evaluating the impact of glaucoma surgery on the ocular surface of patients who received unilateral trabeculectomy. Methods: 26 consecutive patients successfully treated with trabeculectomy on one eye (Trab Eye) and under control with topical treatments on the fellow eye (Med Eye) were included in this observational study.

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Background: This study aimed to evaluate the vascular pattern and capillary flow density (CFD) map on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images of patients affected by central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, OCTA (AngioVue RTVue XR Avanti, Optovue) 3 × 3 mm macula scans of both eyes of patients with CSC were taken at baseline; the images were segmented and compared with OCTA scans of fellow eyes without CSC as well as age-matched healthy subjects. OCTA images were processed by quantitative textural analysis (ImageJ software) to provide an objective grading of choroidal capillary alterations.

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The cultivation of the horticultural crops inside photovoltaic greenhouses (PVG) should be studied in relation to the shading cast by the photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof. This work evaluated the green bean cultivation inside PVGs with a percentage of the greenhouse area covered with PV panels (PV cover ratio, ) ranging from 25 to 100%. Three dwarf green bean cycles ( L.

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Background: The epidemiology of Moebius syndrome (MBS) is difficult to assess. In the present study, we investigated the epidemiology of MBS in a well-defined population within a precise geographical area.

Materials And Methods: Our university hospital is the only national referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of MBS.

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Objectives: To evaluate retinal axonal density and retinal capillary flow density (CFD) variations in patients affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) as documented by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A).

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in a tertiary university eye hospital on 94 eyes from 48 MS patients compared to 37 eyes from 23 matched controls. MS patients were divided in two groups: those with previous episodes of optic neuritis (MS ON+, 71.

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Background: To describe the "dimple," a previously unreported structural optical coherence tomography (OCT) finding in vascularized serous pigment epithelial detachment (PED) secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: Retrospective, longitudinal, case series study. Clinical charts and multimodal imaging including OCT (structural and angiography) and dye-based angiography (fluorescein and indocyanine green) examinations of patients with dimple-defined as a localized invagination of the vascularized serous PED-were analyzed in 2 high-volume referral centers.

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Purpose: To compare and evaluate images of macular cysts with different degrees of reflectivity (from gray to black signal) as observed in B scan spectral domain OCT (SDOCT) and EnFace OCT with decorrelation signal obtained with OCT-angiography (OCTA) in eyes with cystoid macular edema (CME) secondary to diabetic retinopathy (DR) and retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Methods: Images from 3033 patients affected by CME secondary to diabetes or RVO examined OCTA (Optovue XR Avanti, Optovue, USA) at the University Eye Clinic of Créteil, Hôpital Intercommunal, France, and at the University Eye Clinic of Cagliari, "San Giovanni di Dio" Hospital, Italy, were retrospectively examined. The deep capillary plexus OCTA images and the corresponding EnFace OCT images, both acquired with the same automatic segmentation, had been overlapped to compose RGB color images as red and green channels, respectively, using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD).

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Purpose: To assess the usefulness of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurement in discriminating early phase optic disc edema (ODE) from pseudoedema (PODE).

Methods: Hospital-based, multicenter, cross-sectional study involving external patients referred for recent identification of "presumed ODE". Patients underwent SD-OCT optic nerve head (ONH) RNFL thickness measurement at their first evaluation.

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Background And Objective: To investigate the progression of retinal atrophy in patients with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tears secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective case series, patients were analyzed at two high-volume referral centers. The extension of the areas without RPE was analyzed yearly from baseline to last examination through fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging using Region Finder (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany).

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Purpose: To describe a case of acute angle-closure glaucoma secondary to intermittent mydriasis related to Pourfour du Petit Syndrome caused by tracheal deviation.

Materials And Methods: A 70-year-old Caucasian woman visited the Emergency Room of the University Eye Clinic complaining of blurring of vision and difficulty to move superior eyelid in her right eye. Examination revealed reactive mydriasis, and upper lid retraction on the right side.

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Background: Juvenile X-linked retinoschisis (RS1, OMIM: 312700) is a hereditary vitreoretinal dystrophy characterized by bilateral foveal schisis and, in half of the patients, splitting through the nerve fiber layer in the peripheral retina. In the first decade of life, patients usually develop a decrease in visual acuity. Long-term visual outcomes can be poor due to the limited number of known successful treatments.

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Background: Cilioretinal artery (CRA) occlusions are rare in young patients. In these cases, the most commonly associated causes are considered to be the same as those implicated in central retina artery occlusions, such as vasculitic processes, migraine, cardiac disorder, and coagulation abnormality. The aim of this article was to report for the first time the medical records and investigational results of an unusual case of simultaneous occlusion of three CRAs after scleral buckling surgery under local anesthesia.

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Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Farci Roberta"

  • - Farci Roberta's recent research focuses on the application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography in various ocular conditions, particularly retinal diseases, showcasing advancements in imaging technology that facilitate diagnosis and treatment assessment.
  • - Significant findings include the correlation of OCT angiography features with conditions like retinitis pigmentosa, optic disk pit, central serous chorioretinopathy, and juvenile retinoschisis, indicating potential new insights into their vascular architectures and disease mechanisms.
  • - Additionally, the research explores clinical manifestations related to COVID-19, such as delayed neurological effects, and evaluates the ocular surface in glaucoma patients receiving different treatments, highlighting the multifaceted impact of systemic diseases on ocular health.