Frosted branch angiitis in an octogenarian with infective endocarditis.

Purpose: To present the difficulties in diagnosing frosted branch angiitis (FBA) in an elderly person, and to present the likely immunogenic association of FBA with alpha-hemolytic streptococci.

Methods: Thorough review of the medical records of an 80-year-old white man diagnosed with FBA. Patient consent was obtained before the writing of this article.

Comparison of polyhexamethylene biguanide and chlorhexidine as monotherapy agents in the treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Purpose: To compare the therapeutic outcomes of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) and chlorhexidine for Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Design: Prospective, double-masked, randomized comparative study.

Methods: Fifty-six eyes of 55 patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis were randomized to receiving PHMB 0.

Development of a questionnaire to assess subjective vision score in myopes seeking refractive surgery.

Purpose: To assess vision in patients with myopia and myopic astigmatism before and after refractive surgery.

Methods: A prospective controlled study of visual quality amongst myopes and astigmatic myopes. Focus groups, ophthalmic surgeons, and questionnaire experts devised a Subjective Vision Questionnaire (SVQ), modified after a pilot trial.

Fluorescein angiographic monitoring of corneal vascularization in lipid keratopathy.

The use of digital fluorescein corneal angiography to assist argon laser photocoagulation is reported. Photocoagulation was performed on the vascular supply of lipid keratopathy in the left eye of a 44-year-old woman.