Argon Laser Photoablation for Treating Benign Pigmented Conjunctival Nevi.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of argon laser photoablation of benign conjunctival pigmented nevi with different clinical presentations.

Patients And Methods: This interventional case series was conducted between July 2014 and January 2015. Patients presenting with benign conjunctival nevi were included.

Lack of Correlation Between Diabetic Macular Edema and Thickness of the Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer.

Introduction: We compared the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) and/against the thickness in the normal population.

Methods: This cross-sectional study compared the RNFL thickness in patients with DME (DME group) using optical coherence tomography (OCT) to a comparable group of healthy (nondiabetic) patients (control group). Measurements were performed in different/the four peripapillary quadrants and in the macula region for the fovea, parafoveal, and perifoveal areas.

Cataract Surgery Audit at a Private Hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Background: To assess the visual outcomes following cataract surgeries at a Private Eye Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This was a cohort study of cataract surgeries performed from January to June 2014. Preoperative data were collected on patient demographics presenting and best corrected distance visual acuity (BCVA) and ocular comorbidity.

Recessive mutations in ELOVL4 cause ichthyosis, intellectual disability, and spastic quadriplegia.

Very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) play important roles in membrane structure and cellular signaling, and their contribution to human health is increasingly recognized. Fatty acid elongases catalyze the first and rate-limiting step in VLCFA synthesis. Heterozygous mutations in ELOVL4, the gene encoding one of the elongases, are known to cause macular degeneration in humans and retinal abnormalities in mice.

Acute endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunesis after intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injection.

Purpose: To report a case of culture-positive endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin) resulting in a devastating visual outcome.

Method: A retrospective case report of a 51-year-old diabetic women who presented with further decrease in her vision, redness, and mild pain in her eye 3 days after intravitreal injection of Avastin for macular edema due to a branch retinal vein occlusion.

Results: Clinical diagnosis of endophthalmitis was made and, after obtaining a vitreous tap, intravitreal antibiotics were administered.

Ocular manifestations in Kabuki syndrome: the first report from Saudi Arabia.

Background: Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome in which ophthalmological examination for the early detection of ocular abnormalities is desired in order to prevent visual impairment.

Case: Retrospective, interventional, case report of a 5-year-old female patient of Arabic origin with features of Kabuki syndrome.

Observation: Patient had neurological deficit, psychomotor retardation, a peculiar face, including large prominent cup shaped ears, broad depressed nasal tip, and high arched palate, and malformed teeth.

Current indications and resultant complications of evisceration.

Purpose: Evisceration is an alternative treatment modality to enucleation for many end-stage eye diseases. No study has addressed the indications for evisceration of eyes in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to determine the current clinical indications for evisceration in patients at a tertiary eye care center and attempt clinicopathological correlation.