Publications by authors named "N Ramos-Betancourt"

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of topical 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) 1% as first-line therapy for giant ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN).

Materials And Methods: This was a non-comparative cohort study. We included patients with biopsy-proven giant OSSN in a tertiary-care setting.

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Introduction: Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, obtained through diet. Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children in developing countries due to impaired intake (Phanachet et al. 2018).

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  • The study focused on assessing the effectiveness and safety of lotilaner ophthalmic solution (0.25% eyedrops) for treating blepharitis compared to a placebo (vehicle).
  • A total of 54 participants were involved in a double-blind trial, receiving either the lotilaner solution or the control solution twice a day for 42 days, measuring outcomes like collarette cure and mite eradication.
  • Results showed a significantly higher success rate in achieving collarette cure (80% vs. 15.8%), mite eradication (73.3% vs. 21.1%), and composite cure (73.3% vs. 10.5%) in the lotilaner group, indicating it is a safe
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Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is characterized by proliferation of endothelial cells usually occurring within a long-standing vascular malformation or tumor. IPEH usually affects neck, head and lower extremities, and few orbital and eyelid cases have been reported. We present a unique case, a 48-years-old man with a purple, elevated, multilobular conjunctival lesion of three-weeks duration that underwent an excisional biopsy.

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Dry eye disease (DED) has a higher prevalence than many important systemic disorders like cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus, representing a significant quality of life burden for the affected patients. It is a common reason for consultation in general eye clinics worldwide. Nowadays, the diagnostic and therapeutic approach at the high corneal and ocular surface specialty level should be reserved for cases of severe and chronic dry eye disease associated with systemic autoimmune diseases or complicated corneal and ocular surface pathologies.

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