Open book technique for conjunctival tumors: a surgical approach to the fornix.

Surgical management of large tumors involving the conjunctival fornix can be challenging, as exposure and clear margins may be difficult to achieve. In this case series, we report our initial experience with the open book technique in 4 patients. Through a canthotomy and cantholysis, this surgical approach provides a wide surgical field and facilitates fornix reconstruction post large tumor excision.

Three Decades of Contact Lens-associated Microbial Keratitis in a Referral Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze patient data and the laboratory results of corneal samples collected from patients followed at the Ophthalmology Department, Hospital São Paulo, Brazil over a 30-year period, and correlate the analize with contact lens wearing.

Methods: Corneal samples from patients diagnosed clinically with microbial keratitis between January 1987 and December 2016 were included in this study. Cultures that were positive for bacteria, fungi, and Acanthamoeba spp.

Sunlamp use is a risk factor for uveal melanoma: a meta-analysis.

Objective: Advancements in the treatment of uveal melanoma have not improved survival; therefore, identifying modifiable risk factors is critical to improving outcomes. This study aims to investigate the association between sunlamp use and the development of uveal melanoma.

Design: This study is designed as a meta-analysis.

Two Cases of Giant Melanocytoma (Hyperpigmented Magnocellular Nevus).

Melanocytoma or hyperpigmented magnocellular nevus is a variant of melanocytic nevus that is most commonly seen in the optic nerve, but has also been reported to occur in the iris, ciliary body, choroid, sclera, and conjunctiva. We present two cases of giant uveal melanocytoma with histopathology. The first case occurred in a 10-year-old girl who presented with decreased vision in the right eye and a mushroom-shaped pigmented choroidal lesion measuring 15.

The Alberta standardized orbital technique in the management of spheno-orbital meningiomas.

Purpose: To describe a standardized orbital resection technique and outcomes for spheno-orbital meningiomas with soft-tissue invasion of the orbit.

Methods: A retrospective case review of patients with spheno-orbital meningioma that underwent resection utilizing the Alberta Standardized Orbital Technique (ASOT) between 2008 and 2017 was performed.

Results: Twenty patients met the inclusion criteria.

Qualitative assessment of online information about age-related macular degeneration available in Portuguese.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of online information on age-related macular degeneration available in Portuguese.

Methods: The search term "age-related macular degeneration" was used to browse the web using four different search engines. The first 40 websites appearing on match lists provided by each search engine were recorded and those listed in at least three tab pages selected.

Synchronous conjunctival melanoma and lentigo maligna melanoma.

Lentigo maligna has an extensive and neoplastic character. It typically progresses slowly and may eventually develop into an invasive melanoma, which is called lentigo maligna melanoma. Ocular melanoma is the second most common type of melanoma.