Inhibition of choroidal osteoma progression using bisphosphonate and RANKL-inhibitory treatment.

Purpose: To describe the use of anti-osteoclastic medications (i.e., bisphosphonates and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa beta (RANK) ligand inhibitors) in treating choroidal osteoma.

Occult cause of uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome diagnosed during treatment with endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP).

Purpose: To describe uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome secondary to a posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) within the capsular bag in which pathogenic changes to the ciliary body were observed and treated with endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP).

Observations: An 85-year-old woman who had cataract surgery in her right eye four years ago presented with recurrent, unilateral, open-angle, hypertensive uveitis in her right eye. Her presentations were characterized by decreased vision, elevated intraocular pressure, corneal edema, a mixed anterior chamber reaction, and pigmented anterior vitreous cells.

Ocular Gossypiboma: Ultrasound B-Scan Assessment of Retained Surgical Sponge After Ahmed Valve Surgery: A Case Report.

Purpose Of The Study: To present the first documented case of an ocular gossypiboma (retained foreign body) of a mitomycin-C-soaked sponge confirmed echographically using diagnostic ultrasound B-scan after Ahmed valve surgery.

Patients And Methods: A patient who underwent phacoemulsification with Ahmed valve implantation surgery had a retained Weck-Cels sponge soaked with mitomycin-C. With the use of ocular ultrasound B-scan, the retained sponge was localized and a second procedure was performed to explant it.

Endoscopic Cycloplasty (ECPL) and Lens Extraction in the Treatment of Severe Plateau Iris Syndrome.

Purpose: To describe the anatomic and clinical results of the treatment of severe plateau iris syndrome with lens extraction and endoscopic cycloplasty (ECPL). A secondary aim was to describe 4 novel ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) measurements for plateau iris syndrome.

Design: Prospective case series with UBM evaluation.

The role of macrophages in the removal of apoptotic B-cells in the sheep ileal Peyer's patch.

In the process of generating the cells that populate the sheep's B-cell pool, the ileal Peyer's patch (PP) produces an immense number of B-cells and then destroys most of them by apoptosis. Rapid clearance of these apoptotic cells is essential for tissue homeostasis and for preventing pathology. Macrophages comprise a small percentage of cells in the follicles.