Clinical findings and genetic expression profiling of three pigmented lesions of the optic nerve.

Background. Optic disk melanocytoma is a primary tumor of the optic disk that represents a clinical diagnostic challenge due to its similarities with melanoma. Purpose.

Efficacy of the intraoperative relaxed muscle positioning technique in thyroid eye disease and analysis of cases requiring reoperation.

Purpose: In the relaxed muscle positioning technique of treating strabismus for thyroid eye disease (TED), the most restricted muscles, as determined by preoperative assessment of ductions and intraoperative forced ductions, are recessed to the positions where they rest freely on the globe without tension. The purpose of this technique is to identify preoperative characteristics that are predictive of reoperation and evaluate outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective review of patients with TED who underwent strabismus surgery using the relaxed muscle positioning technique between 1999 and 2009.