Use baseline axial length measurements in myopic patients to predict the control of myopia with and without atropine 0.01.

Purpose: Identifying axial length growth rate as an indicator of fast progression before initiating atropine 0.01% for myopia progression in children.

Method: From baseline, axial length growth over six months was measured prospectively.

Clinical and molecular characterization of females affected by X-linked retinoschisis.

Background: X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) is a leading cause of juvenile macular degeneration associated with mutations in the RS1 gene. XLRS has a variable expressivity in males and shows no clinical phenotype in carrier females.

Design: Clinical and molecular characterization of male and female individuals affected with XLRS in a consanguineous family.

Value of whole exome sequencing for syndromic retinal dystrophy diagnosis in young patients.

Background: Several retinal dystrophies are associated with syndromic features including such conditions as Bardet-Biedl and Joubert syndromes. Cohen syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with multiple clinical manifestations including developmental delay, acquired microcephaly, myopia, pigmentary retinopathy, joint hypermobility, truncal obesity, friendly disposition and intermittent neutropenia. In young patients, diagnosis is difficult, because several of the characteristic features may not be present until school age or later years and the intermittent neutropenia is not always detectable.

Scedosporium prolificans endogenous endophthalmitis.

Scedosporium prolificans is an opportunistic fungus with a predilection for sepsis and endophthalmitis in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of endogenous S. prolificans endophthalmitis in a 9-year-old girl following chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia.

Ophthalmologic presentation of oxidative phosphorylation diseases of childhood.

To investigate ophthalmologic manifestations in children with definitive oxidative phosphorylation disorders, a retrospective review was conducted of clinical and laboratory records of all such pediatric patients (n = 103) diagnosed and treated at one center between 1983 and 2006. All were residents of Victoria, Australia. Nystagmus or roving eye movements were the most common ophthalmologic manifestations as a presenting symptom of disease (13/20) and were the sole manifestation at presentation in 10/13 patients.

Management of congenital elevation deficiency due to congenital third nerve palsy and monocular elevation deficiency.

Purpose: To document the presentation and management of congenital III nerve palsy and monocular elevation deficiency to single ophthalmologist over a 14-year period. Surgical management was reviewed and visual outcome was analysed.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of all patients presenting during a period between 1992 and 2006 to the private practice of a paediatric ophthalmologist, with either congenital III or monocular elevation deficiency.

Reversible anterior segment ischaemia after carotid endarterectomy.

Carotid artery disease has long been implicated in ocular ischaemic syndrome. The classical changes of ocular ischaemic syndrome have not been described to resolve with carotid endarterectomy. Herein, a case of documented carotid artery disease presenting with anterior segment ischaemia and retinal artery emboli is described.

Comparison of the Zeiss IOLMaster and applanation A-scan ultrasound: biometry for intraocular lens calculation.

Purpose: A comparison of axial length estimates using applanation A-scan ultrasound and the Zeiss IOLMaster was conducted. The accuracy in predicting postoperative refraction determined by each method was also compared.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 51 eyes in 46 patients presenting to clinical practice for cataract surgery assessment.