Cystoid macular edema and visual loss as sequelae to interferon alpha treatment of systemic hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C virus infection and interferon treatment may be associated with retinopathy but visual function is generally unaffected. This paper reports the rare occurrence of unilateral macular edema with visual loss. We present an interventional case report with fundus photograph and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Pole to pole intraocular transit of tarantula hairs-an intriguing cause of red eye.

This intriguing case report provides novel images and a description of the anterior and rarer posterior segment findings seen in ocular inflammation associated with tarantula spider hair exposure. We present an interventional case report of a 9-year-old boy who presented with a red, sore eye. Slit lamp examination revealed right eye injection, multiple small hairs at differing levels of the cornea with associated opacities and inflammation within the anterior and posterior segments of the eye.

Outcome of raised intraocular pressure in uveitic eyes with and without a corticosteroid-induced hypertensive response.

Purpose: To compare the management and outcome of raised intraocular pressure (IOP) in uveitis patients with a corticosteroid hypertensive response and those who are noncorticosteroid responders and to determine the impact of intraocular corticosteroid use on IOP in uveitic eyes.

Design: Retrospective study.

Methods: Eight hundred and ninety-one uveitis patients were observed in a specialized clinic over 3 months.

Nature of subretinal fluid in patients undergoing vitrectomy for macular hole: a cytopathological and optical coherence tomography study.

Background: Outer retinal defects (ORDs) may occur after surgical closure of full thickness macular holes (FTMH) and be associated with delayed visual recovery. This may be due to the nature of the subretinal fluid (SRF) cuff and/or the loss of retinal elements.

Methods: Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peel was performed for FTMH.

Undiagnosed patent foramen ovale presenting as retinal artery occlusion-an emerging association.

Purpose. To report patent foramen ovale (PFO) as the cause of retinal artery occlusion in a young and previously fit male and discuss the appropriate medical and surgical management options. Methods.

TINU-associated retinal pigment epithelium detachments: a possible novel posterior segment feature.

Purpose: To report a case of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU) with novel posterior segment features of bilateral vitritis and retinal pigment epithelial detachments.

Methods: This is an interventional case report with fundus photographs and fluorescein angiograms of a 9-year-old girl presenting with bilateral acute anterior uveitis 4 months after a diagnosis of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis.

Results: Visual acuities remained normal throughout the 6-month period of follow-up.

Inferior oblique schwannoma: diagnosis and management.

Introduction: Orbital schwannoma accounts for less than 5% of orbital tumours and few cases arising in the superior orbit are reported in the literature.

Purpose: To present, to our knowledge, the first report of inferior oblique-associated orbital schwannoma.

Methods: Interventional case report with clinical photographs, MRI imaging, intra-operative photographs and histology.

Giant eccrine hidrocystoma presenting with unilateral ptosis and epiphora.

Purpose: To report the presentation and management of an atypical and advanced case of hidrocystoma of the eyelids with associated functional complications.

Methods: Interventional case report with clinical photographs at presentation, intra-operative photographs, and histology.

Results: A 55-year-old lady who presented with massive upper and lower eyelid swellings causing mechanical ptosis and epiphora, respectively, was managed by surgical excision of the lesions.

Diplopia due to maxillary sinus mucocoele.

Mucocoeles are cyst-like lesions of the paranasal sinuses, which may rarely erode through the bony orbit and so displace or compress orbital contents. Such patients may present to ophthalmologists and other health care professionals with diverse problems including facial pain and swelling, proptosis, double vision, ptosis, infra-orbital anaesthesia, epiphora and optic nerve dysfunction with reduced vision. We present an illustrated interventional case report of an 81-year-old gentleman with a 2-week history of swelling around the left lower eyelid and malar region associated with double vision both in the primary position and particularly downgaze.

Ocular features of Sjogren-Larsson syndrome.

Sjogren-Larson syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive neurocutaneous disorder characterized by a triad of intellectual disability, spastic diplegia or tetraplegia and congenital ichthyosis with associated ocular features, which include pigmentary changes in the retina. The usual presentation of crystalline maculopathy is from the age of 1-2 years onwards. Herein, a case of Sjogren-Larson syndrome in a 25-year-old woman is presented to highlight the ocular findings.

Traumatic aniridia after small incision cataract extraction.

Introduction: Phacoemulsification and falls are both common in the elderly population. We present a case of acquired total aniridia and vitreous haemorrhage occurring as a result of trauma in a pseudophakic eye.

Methods: Interventional case report with history, clinical photograph and discussion with literature review.