Phakic anterior chamber intraocular lens (Verisyse) implantation in children for treatment of severe ansiometropia myopia and amblyopia: Six-month pilot clincial trial and review of literature.

Purpose: The current study aims to evaluate both safety and efficacy of Verisyse() (AMO, Irvine, CA) phakic anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) in the reduction of clinically significant (>-8 D) myopic anisometropia in children who are noncompliant to traditional medical treatment including spectacle correction or contact lenses.

Design: Retrospective interventional case series.

Methods: Six anisometropic myopic pediatric patients in one practice were identified through chart-review.

Pellucid marginal degeneration and bilateral corneal perforation: case report and review of the literature.

Purpose: To review corneal perforation cases in pellucid marginal degeneration and report a case of bilateral spontaneous perforation at presentation in rigid gas permeable contact lens wear and pellucid marginal degeneration.

Methods: Case report and literature review.

Results: The presentation, clinical course, surgical intervention, pathologic analysis, and postoperative outcome of a case of bilateral spontaneous corneal perforation in pellucid marginal degeneration are detailed.

A report of canine tooth syndrome.

The authors describe the case of a 5-year-old girl traumatized from a dog bite to the superior aspect of the orbit in the right eye. The dog's canine tooth penetrated deep into the posterior orbit and severed the attachment of the superior oblique muscle from the globe posterior to the trochlea. The management and clinical course of the patient are described and photographs documenting the initial ocular damage and postoperative course are provided.

Ocular findings in Jacobsen syndrome.

Purpose: To discuss the ophthalmic findings and their clinical significance in 10 new cases of Jacobsen syndrome (mental retardation, craniofacial anomalies, congenital heart defects, and blood dyscrasias) and to review the ophthalmic findings in all previously reported cases in the literature.

Methods: Ten new cases of Jacobsen syndrome were collected and studied prospectively for detection of abnormal ophthalmologic examination findings. A total of 63 previously reported cases were identified from Medline and analyzed for ophthalmologic abnormalities.