Uveitis and internuclear ophthalmoplegia as ocular manifestations of sarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous chronic disease of unknown etiology with a wide range of clinical presentations. Diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with ocular manifestations can be challenging. We first describe a case of sarcoidosis presented with pulmonary involvement and both uveitis and internuclear ophthalmoplegia as ocular manifestations.

Fuchs' Heterochromic Iridocyclitis in an Italian Tertiary Referral Centre: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Prognosis.

. To study epidemiology, clinical findings and visual prognosis of patients with Fuchs' Heterochromic Iridocyclitis (FHI). .

Prospective microperimetry and OCT evaluation of efficacy of repeated intravitreal bevacizumab injections for persistent clinically significant diabetic macular edema.

To prospectively investigate morphologic and functional changes after intravitreal bevacizumab for persistent diffuse and clinically significant diabetic macular edema. In total, 26 eyes in 26 patients were treated with three intravitreal injections of bevacizumab (Avastin™) given at 4-week intervals. Study parameters included: visual acuity (VA), perceived visual improvement, central macular thickness as measured by Spectralis OCT, macular sensitivity and fixation pattern as measured by MP-1 microperimetry, and the incidence of ocular and systemic side-effects.

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in uveitic macular edema: morphological features and prognostic factors.

Aim: To assess the morphological characteristics of uveitic macular edema studied with Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to investigate the correlation between the tomographic features and visual acuity.

Methods: 71 eyes of 55 patients underwent examination with Spectralis OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Germany). Data was correlated with logMAR best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA).

Uveitis with retinal occlusive vasculitis and sensorineural hypoacusia as first symptoms of relapsing polychondritis.

We herein describe an atypical case of relapsing polychondritis, presenting initially with isolated ocular signs characterised by uveitis and retinal occlusive vasculitis preceded by 10 years of auricular and laringothracheal chondritis. This case highlights the importance of considering connective tissue inflammatory conditions in any retinal vasculitis. A systemic enquiry is invaluable in order to avoid a delayed diagnosis and the subsequent associated complications and mortality.

Uveitis preceding Crohn's disease by 8 years.

We report the clinical history of a child affected by Crohn's disease in which uveitis precedes intestinal involvement by years and occurs with the atypical features of anterior chronic inflammation complicated by unilateral optic disc edema, rather than recurrent anterior uveitis with sudden onset which has been more widely reported in inflammatory bowel diseases. The uveitis onset occurred 8 years before symptoms of the primary intestinal disease, while in inflammatory bowel diseases the intestinal inflammation typically precedes ocular symptoms, and ocular inflammation only occasionally precedes inflammatory involvement of the bowel.

Intermediate uveitis in a pediatric Italian population.

Purpose: To investigate clinical data, outcome, and treatment of intermediate uveitis in children.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study, including 116 children affected by intermediate uveitis.

Results: Sixty-two percent of patients were males.

Central serous chorioretinopathy as a presenting symptom of endogenous Cushing syndrome: a case report.

Purpose: To report a case of Cushing syndrome due to adrenocortical adenoma revealed by central serous chorioretinopathy.

Materials And Methods: A 45-year-old man presented with blurred vision and metamorphopsia in the left eye. He reported few episodes of high blood pressure in the last 3 months.

Retinal complications of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-related uveitis: a microperimetry and optical coherence tomography study.

Purpose: To evaluate ocular complications of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-related uveitis; to study macular morphology and sensitivity.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 67 patients. Fourteen consecutive patients (24 eyes) observed from January to December 2008 were submitted to optical coherence tomography study (OCT) and microperimetry MP-1 examination.

Uveitis in childhood: an Italian clinical and epidemiological study.

Purpose: To investigate demographics, causes, features, and visual outcomes of pediatric uveitis.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study including 257 patients younger than 16 years.

Results: Mean age at onset of uveitis was 8.