Changes in Alcohol Intake by Educational Level Among Older Men and Women in Spain During the 21st Century.

Background And Objectives: Despite alcohol use being very common in older adults, studies are scarce and suggest alcohol use may be increasing. Furthermore, despite the known relationship between education and alcohol consumption, there is limited evidence of educational differences in older adults. Our objective was to describe trends in alcohol consumption in individuals aged ≥65 by sex and educational level in Spain.

The Umbra and the Penumbra: Longitudinal Effects of Geographic Atrophy in AMD on the Outer Choroid by Imaging Analysis and Histopathological Correlation.

Purpose: To quantitate regional changes in the outer choroidal vessels in patients with geographic atrophy (GA) in AMD and to correlate with a histopathological donor sample.

Methods: We analyzed 35 participants with GA for in vivo analysis and 1 participant with subject for histopathological analysis. Participants underwent three structural optical coherence tomography scans spaced 6 months apart over 1 year.

Cancer Immunotherapy Using AIRE Conditioning of the Tumor Epitopeome.

T cell immune tolerance is established in part through the activity of the Auto-immune Regulator (AIRE) transcription factor in the medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells (mTEC) of the thymus. AIRE induces expression of SELF peripheral tissue-specific antigens for presentation to naïve T cells to promote activation/deletion of potentially autoreactive T cells. We show, for the first time to our knowledge, that tumors mimic the role of AIRE in mTEC to evade immune rejection.

Retinal Vasculopathy and Choroiditis after Pegcetacoplan Injection: Clinicopathologic Support for a Drug Hypersensitivity Reaction.

Purpose: To report the detailed histopathology of 2 enucleated eyes from 2 patients who developed severe visual loss associated with retinal hemorrhages, vessel sheathing, and vascular nonperfusion after administration of an initial dose of intravitreal pegcetacoplan, and propose, with supportive histopathology, the pathogenesis of the clinical syndrome previously termed hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis.

Design: Case series.

Subjects: Two enucleated eyes from 2 patients treated with intravitreal pegcetacoplan.

Secondary Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome in a patient with North Carolina Macular Dystrophy.

Purpose: To describe a novel case of secondary multiple evanescent white dot syndrome in a patient with North Carolina Macular Dystrophy (NCMD).

Methods: The patient was evaluated with ultra-widefield color and autofluorescence imaging, fluorescein angiography, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Results: A 43-year-old man with longstanding blurred vision in both eyes acutely developed glare in the right eye after an upper respiratory illness.