Retinal circulation after carotid artery revascularization.

Doubts still exist concerning the mechanisms involved in ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) and its dependence on carotid disease. We report findings from 14 surgical patients undergoing carotid artery reconstruction for symptomatic cerebrovascular disease. All of them had fluorescein angiography (FA) of the eye ipsilateral to the carotid operation before surgery and 3 months after to provide information regarding retinal circulation time.

A rare case of primitive epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva.

Purpose: To describe a rare case of conjunctival leiomyosarcoma initially diagnosed as a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.

Methods: Clinical, light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural findings are reported.

Results: A 56-year-old Caucasian woman was referred with a history of a progressive, rapidly growing mass in her left eye.

Orbital granular cell tumor in a patient with Churg Strauss syndrome: the importance of biopsy.

A 65-year-old woman presented with a long standing, progressive exophthalmos of the right eye. Her medical history was significant for Churg Strauss syndrome, and was treated with immunosuppressive therapy. She had undergone two previous orbital biopsies showing inflammatory reactive lymphoid hyperplasia.

Bilateral sixth nerve palsy as a manifestation of Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with refractory vomiting.

Purpose: To report a case of Wernicke's encephalopathy in a nonalcoholic woman with secondary hypoadrenalism.

Methods: A 58-year-old Italian woman developed Wernicke's syndrome secondary to recurrent vomiting due to secondary hypoadrenalism.

Results: Recurrent vomiting and resulting malnutrition caused a depletion of the patient's body stores of thiamine and the development of mental confusion and an oculomotor deficit.

Bilateral Microphthalmia with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and Achiasmia.

A 15-year-old boy underwent neurological and ophthalmological evaluation. At birth, a severe bilateral microphthalmia, micropenis, and scrotal hypoplasia were diagnosed. Ophthalmologic examination showed right anophthalmia and severe left microphthalmia.