Triamcinolone for the Treatment of Graves Ophthalmopathy Tested With Short Tau Inversion Recovery Magnetic Resonance.

Purpose: To evaluate if parabulbar triamcinolone reduces orbital swelling in patients with Graves ophthalmopathy.

Methods: This is a prospective study of a series of patients with active and moderate Graves ophthalmopathy. Short tau inversion recovery magnetic resonance was used to evaluate the intensity of the extraocular rectus muscles and orbital fat, before and after the treatment with parabulbar triamcinolone.

Is one eye better than two in strabismus? Or does the misaligned amblyopic eye interfere with binocular vision? A preliminary functional MRI study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine if patients with strabismic amblyopia could have increased occipital visual cortex activation with monocular stimulation of the sound fixing eye, rather than with simultaneous stimulation of both eyes.

Methods: A prospective study was performed including 12 patients with strabismus and amblyopia, who were evaluated using functional MRI with visual stimulation paradigms. The measurements were made in the occipital visual cortex, assessing the response to the binocular and monocular stimulation.