At-Home Foscarnet Administration in Patients with Cytomegalovirus Infection Post-Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Unicentric, Safe, and Feasible Program.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a relevant cause of morbimortality in patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Foscarnet (FCN) is an effective drug against CMV administered intravenously and usually on an inpatient basis. The Home Care Unit (HCU) for hematologic patients at our hospital designed an at-home FCN administration model to avoid the hospitalization of patients requiring FCN treatment.

Orbital fat decompression for thyroid eye disease: retrospective case review and criteria for optimal case selection.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the subgroups of thyroid eye disease (TED) patients most likely to benefit from orbital fat decompression.

Methods: This retrospective study reviews 217 orbits of 109 patients who underwent orbital fat decompression for proptosis secondary to thyroid eye disease. Charts were reviewed for demographic, radiographic, clinical, and surgical data.

Ocular adnexal lymphoma: monitoring response to therapy with diffusion-weighted imaging.

Purpose: Outcome evaluation in ocular adnexal lymphoma (OAL) is based on clinical assessment and conventional volumetric changes in tumor size. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare if changes in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) tumor values obtained by diffusion-weighted MRI corresponded to changes in enhancing tumor volume in the evaluation of early treatment response or failure in patients with OAL.

Methods: A retrospective case series analysis of conventional contrast-enhanced orbital MRI and diffusion-weighted sequences was performed on 8 pathologically confirmed OAL tumors before and after therapy.

Acute presentation of cavernous hemangioma of the orbit.

Cavernous hemangioma of the orbit typically presents as a slow-growing tumor with gradual onset of symptoms. Acute onset of clinical signs and symptoms, are a rare feature. We present the case of a 40-year-old female, who developed sudden onset of clinical symptoms.