Ophthalmic histiocytic lesions (diseases of the L group): A multicenter clinicopathological study of 18 cases and review of literature.

Introduction: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) are rare histiocytic disorders in the L (Langerhans) group diseases. They range from self-limited benign diseases to lethal disseminated forms.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in 3 tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia and Brazil.

A child with refractory orbital cellulitis after water pipe smoking.

Orbital cellulitis in children rarely occurs secondary to smoking water pipe. A 3-year-old girl who presented with fever, eyelid swelling, pain, and proptosis of the left eye for 4 days after water pipe consumption. The patient was given the usual course of antibiotics for a few days along with subperiosteal abscess drainage however no improvement was noticed for a week.

Lacrimal Gland Lesions Biopsied in a Tertiary Eye Center in Saudi Arabia: A Clinical, Radiological, Surgical, and Histological Review.

Purpose: To study the demographics and clinical presentation of biopsied lacrimal gland lesions in a tertiary eye center and determine the accuracy of radiological imaging and blood investigations in reaching the diagnosis. We also studied the histopathological outcome of different lacrimal gland biopsy approaches.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of patients' charts from 2014 to 2021 who underwent lacrimal gland biopsy.

Bicanalicular Silicone Intubation for the Management of Punctal Stenosis and Obstruction in Patients With Allergic Conjunctivitis.

Purpose: To evaluate the use of bicanalicular silicone intubation for the management of punctal stenosis and obstruction in patients with allergic conjunctivitis.

Methods: A retrospective interventional case series of patients with acquired epiphora due to stenotic or obstructed puncta as a result of allergic conjunctivitis was performed. Punctal dilation and bicanalicular silicone intubation were performed in all patients.