Steroid-induced ocular hypertensive response in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Purpose: To report the characteristics of the steroid-induced ocular hypertensive response in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with prednisolone (PSL) during induction therapy and with dexamethasone (DEX) during reinduction therapy.

Study Design: Retrospective.

Patients And Methods: This study included pediatric patients diagnosed with B-cell precursor ALL and treated with systemic corticosteroids sometime during the period from 2016 to 2018 at Shizuoka Children's Hospital.

Usefulness of handheld electroretinogram system for diagnosing blue-cone monochromatism in children.

Purpose: To report the diagnosis of three childhood patients with blue-cone monochromatism (BCM) using S-cone electroretinograms (ERG) recorded with RETeval Complete.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Methods: We examined three boys initially suspected of having rod monochromatism.

A case of retinal injury by a violet light-emitting diode.

Purpose: To describe the first case of retinal injury by a misuse of a toy using light-emitting diode.

Methods: A 15-year-old male Japanese student received irradiation on his right eye by a 5 mW light-emitting diode of 410 nm wavelength for 20 seconds in 2 days. He noticed decreased vision and central scotoma approximately 2 weeks later from these events.

[Morphological changes in exudative age-related macular degeneration after photodynamic therapy].

Purpose: Exudative age-related macular degeneration was classified into two types. Type 1 had choroidal neovascularization (CNV) below the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and type 1+2 had CNV extended into subretinal space. The morphological changes following photodynamic therapy were investigated for the two types.