Publications by authors named "Lorena Wheelock-Gutierrez"

Purpose: To report the case of a patient with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS), caused by an in-frame deletion of the RS1 gene, who presented visual loss due to bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).Methods: Observational case report.

Results: A 34-year-old man, with type-A personality, presented with a one-month history of decreased visual acuity and metamorphopsia in his right eye.

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Ocular surface disease (OSD), a disorder affecting the lacrimal and meibomian glands and the corneal and conjunctival epithelium, is a well-known complication of topical glaucoma therapy. OSD can present as a new or pre-existing condition that virtually any anti-glaucoma formulation can exacerbate. As such, both glaucoma and OSD frequently coexist.

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Purpose: To describe preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative characteristics, imaging findings, and clinical evolution of patients who developed orbital emphysema after vitreoretinal surgery.

Design: Retrospective, descriptive, observational case series.

Participants: Patients with orbital emphysema after vitreoretinal surgery who were diagnosed and treated between January 2006 and October 2018 at a single ophthalmology referral center.

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Purpose: To report the conservative management of a penetrating ocular trauma caused by a nail gun with a six-month follow up.

Observations: A 21 year-old healthy female suffered an ocular penetrating trauma with a nail gun. She presented with a metallic foreign body that partially entered her left eye through the nasal sclera via pars plana, 3 mm posterior to the limbus, but did not reach the retina.

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