Adjunctive treatment with interferon alpha-2b may decrease the risk of papilloma-associated conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasm recurrence.

Purpose: To report a case of bilateral papilloma virus-positive conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasm and the treatment results of using adjunctive interferon alpha-2b.

Methods: Case report and literature review.

Results: A 73-year-old man underwent subtotal excisional biopsy of the 270-degree gelatinous limbal lesion of the right eye to avoid creating a limbal deficiency and cicatricial change.

Reduction of indocyanine green-associated photosensitizing toxicity in retinal pigment epithelium by sodium elimination.

Objective: To determine if eliminating sodium affects indocyanine green (ICG) photosensitizing toxicity and uptake in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells.

Methods: Cultured human RPE cells were exposed to ICG (2.5 mg/mL) in balanced salt solution and sodium-free balanced salt solution for 2 minutes.

Central corneal thickness of normal-tension glaucoma and non-glaucoma populations in ethnic Chinese.

Background: The variations in central corneal thickness can influence intraocular pressure measurement. The aim of our study was to determine whether there is a difference in the central corneal thickness between normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) and non-glaucoma populations.

Methods: This prospective study included 33 consecutive patients with NTG and 33 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects as control subjects.

Perfluorocarbon liquid-assisted external drainage in the management of central serous chorioretinopathy with bullous serous retinal detachment.

The differential diagnosis of serous retinal detachment (RD) includes Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, severe hypertensive choroidopathy, posterior scleritis, multifocal choroiditis, metastatic tumor, and uveal effusion. Some cases of serous retinal detachment occur as a result of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Typical CSCR generally affects healthy middle-aged males and is characterized by localized serous RD of the neurosensory retina and retinal pigment epithelium in the macula that often spontaneously improve within 2 to 3 months.

Early postoperative capsular block syndrome.

Background: Postoperative capsular block syndrome (CBS) is a unique and rare complication of continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC). The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and results of early postoperative CBS.

Methods: Patients who developed early postoperative CBS after cataract surgery from October 1998 through September 2002 were retrospectively identified.

Cytotoxicity of indocyanine green on retinal pigment epithelium: implications for macular hole surgery.

Objective: To evaluate the potential cytotoxic effects of indocyanine green (ICG) on cultured human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the resultant implications for macular hole surgery.

Methods: Human RPE cells were exposed to ICG in concentrations from 0.001 to 5 mg/mL.