Baerveldt glaucoma implant with Supramid ripcord stent in neovascular glaucoma: a case series.

Aim: To report the outcome of Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI) with Supramid ripcord use in neovascular glaucoma (NVG).

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the surgical outcome of the BGI with Supramid 3/0 ripcord stent in patients with NVG. No tube ligation or venting slits were performed.

Severe Orbital Myiasis Caused by : A Case Report.

An 88-year-old woman was brought to the hospital immediately after her neighbours noticed that she was bleeding from her right eye. On examination, her right eye was phthisic with maggot infestation of her right orbit. Over a hundred live maggots were extracted using forceps.

Cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with high CD4 counts and DHEA abuse.

The most frequent ocular manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR). This infection is reportedly inversely proportional to the CD4 counts. Usually CMVR develops once the CD4 counts fall below 50/mm.