Publications by authors named "Miguel Ortiz Salvador"

Significance: The emergence of new cancer therapies has dramatically improved outcomes in metastatic melanoma. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have been the most effective treatment. Although, as a direct consequence of the immune dysregulation induced by them, adverse effects termed immune-related adverse events are observed in more than 60% of the patients.

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Purpose: To report a case of vitamin A retinopathy secondary to Billroth II anastomosis triggered after the beginning of dialysis in a patient with a chronic renal failure.

Case Report: A 73-year-old male complained of nyctalopia that had started 9 months ago, coinciding with the beginning of dialysis. His medical history is remarkable for hepatic cirrhosis and Billroth II anastomosis 20 years ago.

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Purpose: There have been anecdotal reports of ocular manifestations in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). As the pandemic is spreading and the whole picture is yet unknown, ophthalmologists should be aware of unusual ocular presentations of COVID-19 since they could precede the development of severe respiratory distress.

Methods: We report here the first case of a patient with bilateral unusual dot-blot retinal hemorrhages and retinal venous dilation who presented shortly thereafter a PCR-proven COVID-19.

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Significance: Iris tumors are rare conditions, and there is a relative paucity of recent published data on its broad clinical spectrum. Tapioca iris melanoma is a rarer yet devastating form with wide and challenging differential diagnoses because of its amelanotic nodular appearance.

Purpose: This study aimed to report the challenging presentation of an uncommon iris melanoma, describing the clinical and histological findings and comparing them with the existing published data.

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Significance: Nutritional and toxic optic neuropathies are rare disorders characterized by visual impairment due to optic nerve damage by a toxin, usually with coexisting nutritional deficiencies. Its pathophysiology is still unclear, and multiple mechanisms implicated act synergistically to bring about this condition. The decline in its incidence and its confusing clinical appearance make diagnosing nutritional and toxic optic neuropathies challenging.

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Purpose: To assess the correlation between clinical cataract surgery indication and the objective scatter index (OSI) by defining the optimal OSI cutoff point in the surgery scheduling.

Setting: Ophthalmology service, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain.

Design: Prospective triple-masked randomized single-center study.

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