Evaluation of Acanthamoeba keratitis cases in a tertiary medical care centre over 21 years.

To report on Acanthamoeba keratitis cases in a tertiary university eye-hospital in Graz, Austria, over a 21-year period. Retrospective study. Parameters included demographics, diagnostics, clinical courses, medical therapies, surgical interventions, secondary complications, and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA).

Prevalence of posterior vitreous detachment in glaucoma patients and controls.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of oxidative stress - present in glaucoma - on the vitreous. We therefore compare the presence of early and late stages of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) between patients with glaucoma and controls.

Methods: The vitreous state was evaluated by the combination of optical coherence tomography and ultrasound.