Objectives: To compare dry eye parameters in prolactinoma patients and healthy controls and evaluate their correlation with prolactin (PRL) levels and the duration of hyperprolactinemia.
Materials And Methods: Consecutive patients with prolactinoma and healthy controls were included in the study. Schirmer, tear break-up time (TBUT), tear osmolarity values, and ocular surface disease index (OSDI) scores were evaluated for each patient.
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of scleral lens (SL) use on conjunctival microbiota.
Method: A total of 26 eyes of 26 patients using an SL and 25 eyes of 25 healthy controls were included in the study. The samples were obtained from the lower fornices of the eyes using sterile swabs.
Purpose: To describe a modified non-traumatic amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) technique and evaluating its efficiency for the ocular surface injury after chemical burn were aimed.
Methods: Twenty eyes of 20 patients (F: 6, M: 14) with acute chemical burn for whom modified non-traumatic AMT was utilized were evaluated retrospectively. In this technique, amniotic membrane (AM) was fixated onto a symblepharon ring with continuous suturing.
Objectives: To compare the changes in the corneal endothelial cells of both the patients with keratoconus who use rigid gas-permeable (RGP) contact lens and who do not use any contact lens with healthy population.
Methods: Thirty-three patients with keratoconus who use RGP contact lenses (group 1), 20 patients with keratoconus who do not use any contact lens (group 2), and 40 healthy controls were included in the study. Changes in the corneal endothelial cells of all patients were evaluated using a noncontact specular microscope.
Purpose: To investigate changes in tear and ocular surface of patients with keratoconus using rigid gas permeable contact lenses (RGPCL) and compare them against keratoconus patients who were not using lenses as well as a control group of healthy subjects.
Methods: 24 keratoconus patients using RGPCL (Group 1) 22 patients who were not using lenses (Group 3) and 21 healthy subjects (Group 3) were included in the study. Subjective complaints about the subjects' eyes have been investigated using the ocular-surface disease index (OSDI).
Pediatr Blood Cancer
February 2018
Congenital plasminogen (Plg) deficiency leads to the development of ligneous membranes on mucosal surfaces. Here, we report our experience with local and intravenous fresh frozen plasma (FFP). We retrospectively reviewed medical files of 17 patients and their eight first-degree relatives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMed Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol
June 2016
This study compared tear function tests and cytologic changes on the conjunctival surface in asymptomatic patients wearing contact lens of different materials. Included in this study were 40 eyes wearing daily wear 4 week replacement hydrogel (H) lenses, 32 eyes wearing silicone hydrogel (SiH) lenses, 18 eyes wearing rigid gas-permeable (RGP) lenses, and 21 healthy eyes (no lenses) as the control group. Epithelial morphology of the conjunctival surface was evaluated, based on Nelson classification with conjunctival impression cytology (CIC), after the tear break-up time (TBUT) and Schirmer test were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of the Toris K silicone hydrogel contact lens (SwissLens; Prilly, Switzerland) in keratoconus patients. A database with information on 50 keratoconus patients (64 eyes) fitted with Toris K soft contact lenses over a 2-year period was retrospectively reviewed. Demographic data, prefitting refraction, the reason for choosing the Toris K soft contact lens, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), best-corrected visual acuity with a rigid gas permeable lens (BCVA RGP), best-corrected visual acuity with the Toris K lens (BCVA Toris K), and complications were evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report two cases of severe thermal burns on the ocular surface and its adnexal appendages that developed secondary to exposure to molten heavy metal with a melting temperature of near-thousand degree Celsius. Despite aggressive intervention and strict monitoring, the profound inflammation caused significant damage to the ocular surface, ending up in an intractable infection with an unfavorable outcome. The heat of the molten metal at impact, the heat-retaining capacity of the heavy metal, the total area of the ocular surface exposed to the molten metal, and the duration of exposure determined the severity of the injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare tear films levels of various inflammatory cytokines in asymptomatic contact lens (CL) users. CL users of rigid gas-permeable CLs (RGPCL) (group 1) or silicone hydrogel CLs (SiHCL) (group 2) were compared with non-CL-using healthy subjects (group 3).
Materials And Methods: Tear samples were collected from subjects in each group after ensuring that there were no complications secondary to CL wear in the CL-wearing participants.
Background: Anaerobic bacteria play an important role in eye infections; however, there is limited epidemiologic data based on the the role of these bacteria in the etiology of keratitis and endophthalmitis. The aim of this re- search is to determine the prevalence of anaerobic bacteria in perforated corneal ulcers of patients with keratitis and endophthalmitis and to evaluate their antimicrobial susceptibilities.
Methods: Corneal scrapings were taken by the ophthalmologist using sterile needles.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
March 2015
The synthesized Schiff base, 4-[(4-Hydroxy-3-fluoro-5-methoxy-benzylidene)amino]-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-pyrazol-3-one (I), has been characterized by (13)C NMR, (1)H NMR, 2D NMR ((1)H-(1)H COSY and (13)C APT), FT-IR, UV-vis and X-ray single-crystal techniques. Molecular geometry of the compound I in the ground state, vibrational frequencies and chemical shift values have been calculated by using the density functional method (DFT) with 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. The obtained results indicate that optimized geometry can well reflect the crystal structural parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Since acromegaly is a disease with various systemic complications, it may also have ophthalmologic consequences. The aim of the current study was to compare the tear osmolarity and tear function changes in patients with acromegaly with those in healthy controls.
Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study.
A 64-year-old Caucasian man referred for decreased vision after selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). Slit lamp examination revealed diffuse corneal edema. Despite intensive topical treatment including steroids, corneal edema did not resolve; on the contrary, it advanced to bullous keratopathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To compare the effects of first and second generation silicone hydrogel (SiH) contact lens wear on tear film osmolarity.
Methods: The healthy subjects who have never used contact lenses before were enrolled in the study. Tear film osmolarity values of 16 eyes (group 1) who wore first generation SiH contact lenses were compared with those of 18 eyes (group 2) who wore second generation SiH contact lenses after three months follow-up.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
October 2012
The title compound, 3-ethoxy-4-isopropylaminocyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione (EIAC) has been synthesized and characterized by NMR, FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The (1)H NMR spectra were recorded at 300 K and 315 K in CDCl(3) to determine syn/anti conformers of the compound EIAC. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations, optimized geometrical parameters, vibrational frequencies and chemical shift values of syn/anti conformer in CDCl(3) have been performed at B3LYP/6-311G(d) level, and compared with the experimental data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRichner-Hanhart syndrome (tyrosinemia type II) is a rare autosomal recessive disease associated with high serum tyrosine levels caused by the deficiency of tyrosine aminotransferase enzyme. We report a 15-year-old female patient with complaints of bilateral photophobia and tearing, which started during the infancy period. Biomicroscopic examination revealed bilateral circular corneal opacities on the inferior quadrant and small dendritic lesions at the center of the circular opacities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
December 2011
In this work, 3,4-bis(isoproylamino)cyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione C(10)H(16)N(2)O(2) (I), was synthesized and characterized by (13)C NMR, (1)H NMR, FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. DFT method with 6-31G(d,p) basis set has been used to calculate the optimized geometrical parameters, atomic charges, vibrational frequencies and chemical shift values. The calculated vibrational frequencies and chemical shift values are compared with experimental FT-IR and NMR spectra.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report a case of LASIK flap dehiscence caused by blunt trauma 6 years after uneventful refractive surgery.
Methods: A 32-year-old man presented 3 hours after being struck by a carton edge in his left cornea, causing dehiscence of the LASIK flap.
Results: At initial examination, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was 20/200 in the left eye.
Purpose: To compare tear film osmolarity between patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy and normal healthy subjects.
Methods: The tear film osmolarity in 15 normal subjects (15 eyes) (control group) and 21 patients (21 eyes) with thyroid ophthalmopathy was evaluated. Tear film osmolarity in milliosmole (mOsm) was determined by using an auto-osmometer.
Purpose: Although the role of natural killer cells in the defense against certain viral infections has been published, little is known about the role of lymphocyte subgroups in recurrent herpetic stromal keratitis. Accordingly, serum levels of major immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA, and IgM) and IgG subgroups, the lymphocyte subgroups, and natural killer cell activity were investigated in patients with recurrent herpetic stromal keratitis.
Methods: Eleven patients with recurrent herpetic stromal keratitis and 10 healthy subjects were included.
Purpose: To compare the central corneal thickness (CCT) values of long-term wearers of different types of contact lenses with those of each other and a normal control group.
Methods: Twenty-three healthy eyes with no history of contact lens wear were used for the control group. Forty-eight eyes were evaluated in four different groups according to the type of contact lens worn; each group comprised 12 eyes.
Eye Contact Lens
September 2005
Purpose: The orbital tonus changes in thyroid orbitopathy, so it may be expected that corneal topographic results also change. Orbital irradiation may reduce the orbital tonus, and thus, it may affect the topographic changes. Corneal topographic results were examined before and after orbital irradiation in patients with thyroid orbitopathy to determine whether there was a difference.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To determine the effect of 30-day continuous-wear silicone hydrogel contact lenses on the conjunctival flora in asymptomatic wearers.
Methods: The authors studied 29 eyes of 15 patients wearing Focus NIGHT & DAY silicone hydrogel contact lenses for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. The average age of the patients was 25.
Purpose: This article reports a microbiologic study of two kinds of monthly frequent-replacement daily wear soft contact lenses, with different amounts of water content, in asymptomatic contact lens wearers.
Method: We studied 35 lenses of 18 patients who wear frequent-replacement soft contact lenses with a water content of 38% and 40 lenses of 20 patients using frequent-replacement contact lenses with a water content of 55%. The lenses worn by patients regularly for 1 month were removed from their eyes in a sterile manner on the 30th day and were studied microbiologically to isolate pathogenic agents.