Severe bilateral ischemic retinal vasculitis following cataract surgery.

This report describes two cases of severe, bilateral ischemic retinal vasculitis following cataract surgeries at different surgical centers. In both cases, the patient underwent bilateral cataract surgeries, performed 1 week apart for each eye. In the perioperative period following the second of the two surgeries, both patients developed severe, bilateral intraocular inflammation and profound vision loss.

Ocular Findings in Patients with the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (Types 1 and 3).

Purpose: To describe and compare ocular findings in patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) type 1 and 3.

Methods: This is a retrospective case series of 64 patients with HPS from 1999 to 2009 evaluated at an outpatient private ophthalmologic clinic. Patients underwent genetic analysis of selected albinism (Tyrosine and P gene) and HPS genes (HPS-1 and HPS-3) by screening for common mutations and exon sequencing with DNA screening.

Neuroophthalmology meets oncology: a case report.

Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer worldwide and metastasis occurs in approximately 10% of the patents. A 69-year-old woman with past medical history of breast cancer came to her outpatient ophthalmologic clinic for follow-up evaluation of glaucoma. Upon evaluation the patient complained of ataxia, tinnitus, and headaches.

Smith-Magenis syndrome in Puerto Rico: a case report.

Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is characterized by deletions in the short arm of chromosome 17. Systemic findings in patients with the syndrome include: dysmorphic facies and skeletal deformities. Ophthalmic findings in patients with the SMS include: strabismus, refractive errors, microcornea, iris anomalies, microphthalmos, and coloboma.

Coloboma and CHARGE association in Puerto Rico.

Introduction: Previous studies have reported that patients with the CHARGE association have congenital anomalies including: Coloboma; heart defects; choanal atresia, retarded growth and development; genital hypoplasia; and ear anomalies. Ocular findings in patients with the association include: poor visual acuity; anisometropia; myopic astigmatism; strabismus; microcornea; cataracts; staphyloma; and reduced stereopsis.

Methods: We conducted a non-concurrent prospective study of 13 patients with coloboma from Puerto Rico.