A UNIQUE CASE OF ACUTE MACULAR NEURORETINOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH COTTON WOOL SPOTS AND INTRARETINAL FLUID.

Purpose: To discuss the clinical findings in a unique case of acute macular neuroretinopathy with a focus on the pathophysiology of this rare entity.

Methods: The patient's clinical course was documented with color fundus photography and spectral domain ocular coherence tomography registered to infrared reflectance imaging. The visual field was assessed using the Amsler grid testing and Humphrey visual field 24-2.

Visual function affects prosocial behaviors in older adults.

Eye-related pathological conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration commonly lead to decreased peripheral/central field, decreased visual acuity, and increased functional disability. We sought to answer if relationships exist between measures of visual function and reported prosocial behaviors in an older adult population with eye-related diagnoses. The sample consisted of adults, aged ≥ 60 years old, at an academic hospital's eye institute.

Central retinal artery occlusion following laser treatment for ocular ischemic aortic arch syndrome.

Objective: Ocular ischemic syndrome is a rare blinding condition generally caused by disease of the carotid artery. We describe a 69-year-old female with a 50 pack-year smoking history with aortic arch syndrome causing bilateral ocular ischemic syndrome.

Methods: The patient presented with progressive visual loss and temple pain.

Melanoma-associated retinopathy: a paraneoplastic autoimmune complication.

Objectives: To study 11 patients with melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR) to clarify the reliability of various methods of diagnostic testing, to determine the underlying antigenic retinal proteins, and to study the clinical histories and types of associated melanomas.

Methods: Clinical data were obtained from patients with melanoma who developed marked visual problems. Testing included electroretinography, kinetic visual fields, comparative studies of Western blots, and indirect immunohistologic examination to detect antiretinal antibodies, as well as proteomic studies to identify underlying antigenic retinal proteins.

Intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to pseudotumor cerebri.

Background: In pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) results in papilledema and, rarely, choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Pseudotumor cerebri-induced CNV often regresses following medical or surgical ICP reduction, but additional treatments, such as photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, peri-ocular steroid injections and/or subretinal surgery, may be necessary. Anti-angiogenic intravitreal injections have been shown to cause regression of both CNV and optic nerve edema.