A case of necrotizing fasciitis of the orbit secondary to and mixed flora.

A 79-year-old female presented to the emergency department for sudden-onset ocular pain, edema, and erythema around her left eye. She also had a left-sided migraine and frontal fullness for 2 weeks. She had attentive care for the diagnosis of orbital cellulitis and prompt recognition of necrotizing fasciitis.

Electrical burn of the eye and orbit with severe delayed sequelae from an arc welding accident.

A 28-year-old male presented to the emergency room suffering an ocular burn injury from a welding rod. Given the mechanism of injury, severe delayed injury of the ocular adnexa occurred, requiring enucleation, partial exenteration of the superior orbit, and extensive reconstruction. Histopathology of the affected tissue was analyzed.

Threading the Needle: A Case of Periorbital Gold Threading.

While a rare periorbital finding, the aesthetic practice of gold threading is increasingly identified in Western care setting and may be misidentified as the practice of inserting charm needles (susuk). The authors present a unique case of gold threading discovered incidentally during workup of chronic sinusitis and report a rarely seen delayed local site reaction. The practice of gold threading and mimickers including the practice of inserting charm needles (susuk) are reviewed with emphasis on clinical and radiographic differentiation by oculoplastic surgeons.

Orbital resection by intranasal technique (ORBIT): A new classification system for reporting endoscopically resectable primary benign orbital tumors.

Background: The Cavernous Hemangioma Exclusively Endonasal Resection (CHEER) staging system has become the gold standard for outcomes reporting in endoscopic orbital surgery for orbital cavernous hemangiomas (OCHs). A recent systematic review demonstrated similar outcomes between OCHs and other primary benign orbital tumors (PBOTs). Therefore, we hypothesized that a simplified and more comprehensive classification system could be developed to predict surgical outcomes of other PBOTs.

Punctal Stenosis Associated with Topical Netarsudil Use.

Purpose: To report a series of patients who developed punctal stenosis secondary to the use of topical netarsudil 0.02% for treatment of glaucoma.

Design: Case series.

Nasolacrimal Lymphangioma Presenting With Hemolacria.

A 22-year-old male presented with spontaneous unilateral hemolacria and was found to have complete opacification of the ipsilateral nasolacrimal sac and duct. Endoscopic biopsy with histopathologic analysis revealed the diagnosis of nasolacrimal lymphangioma. Additional management included nasolacrimal stenting, and there was no hemolacria recurrence or epiphora.

Dacryoadenitis due to gonococcal conjunctivitis complicated by corneal perforation.

Adnexal and periocular involvement in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infection is rare. This report describes the case of a patient with a delayed diagnosis of gonococcal dacryoadenitis with contiguous conjunctivitis and corneal involvement. She underwent extensive inpatient laboratory and infectious workup but rapidly progressed to corneal perforation requiring emergent penetrating keratoplasty prior to a positive culture confirming the diagnosis.

Ophthalmic Disparities in Transgender Patients.

Transgender individuals experience unique challenges with regards to discrimination and access to health care. Further, their unique health-care needs and challenges lead to greater rates of morbidity. This article seeks to review the unique biology of transgender patients and the effects of cross-sex hormone therapy on ophthalmic and non-ophthalmic pathology.

Racial Influences of Uveitic Glaucoma: Consolidation of Current Knowledge of Diagnosis and Treatment.

Introduction: The etiology, frequency, manifestation, and treatment of uveitis and uveitic glaucoma are commonly influenced by race.

Materials And Methods: This study aims to review the effect of race on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with common diseases of uveitis that may develop into glaucoma.

Results: Race affects the presentation and prevalence of uveitis.

Racial Disparities in Corneal Transplantation Rates, Complications, and Outcomes.

Corneal transplantation is a common type of tissue transplantation that aims to improve vision or relieve pain. Given the immune privilege of the cornea, the primary graft often has a high success rate, approaching 90%. Despite the good overall outcome of corneal transplantation in various studies, the individual graft survival rate varies, depending on the preoperative diagnosis and donor and recipient factors.

Multiple simultaneous choroidal melanomas arising in the same eye: globe salvage by radiotherapy.

Purpose: Multiple choroidal melanomas arising in the same eye is a very rare entity, usually leading ophthalmologists to entertain other diagnoses. Historically, the only available treatment reported for this rare entity was enucleation. In this study we demonstrate in a series of patients with multiple simultaneous choroidal melanomas that eye salvage is possible using a variety of radiotherapy techniques.