Acute cavernous sinus syndrome from metastasis of lung cancer to sphenoid bone.

Cavernous sinus syndrome is a rare entity in oncology reported only in occasional case reports. Optimal therapy is thus poorly defined with rapidly progressive disease dominating the picture. Management includes prompt diagnosis, attempts at stabilization of cranial nerve function, and aggressive control of central pain syndrome.

An outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with contact lens use in the northeastern United States.

Purpose: To report an outbreak of Fusarium keratitis in contact lens (CL) wearers in the northeastern United States.

Methods: Over a 41-month period, all cases with culture-proven corneal ulceration secondary to Fusarium at 2 tertiary care eye centers were identified through the microbiology departments of each institution, and a retrospective review of charts was performed. Statistical analyses were performed to evaluate a possible association of Fusarium keratitis with specific CL and CL solution brands.

Anterior chamber and sutured posterior chamber intraocular lenses in eyes with poor capsular support.

Purpose: To compare the clinical outcomes and complications of patients who had surgical placement of anterior chamber (AC IOLs) and sutured posterior chamber intraocular lenses (PC IOLs) after cataract surgery resulting in poor capsular support.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida.

Methods: A retrospective interventional comparative case series of 181 eyes of 181 patients that had implantation of an intraocular lens with inadequate capsular support was conducted.