Purpose: To present a case of aggressive proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) managed with intraoperative and postoperative intravitreal methotrexate (MTX) in a patient with congenital aniridia (CI).
Observations: A 41-year-old female with a history of CI, living-related conjunctival-kerato-limbal allograft transplantation, and multiple intraocular surgeries presents with tractional retinal detachment (TRD) and aggressive grade C PVR 52 days after a primary 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair. She underwent 23-gauge PPV, TRD repair including membrane peeling of pre- and sub-retinal PVR, 5000 centistoke silicone oil exchange, endolaser, and MTX infusion.
Purpose: To study the real-world outcomes of intravitreal faricimab (IVF) in longstanding neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) over a one-year study period.
Methods: Retrospective single-center cohort study of patients with previously treated nAMD receiving IVF with at least 12 months of follow up. Main outcome measures include injection intervals, visual acuity (VA), and optical coherence tomography features.
To analyze the clinical outcomes of 27-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) repair of diabetic tractional retinal detachment (TRD) of various severities. This retrospective case series examined the outcomes of 27-gauge PPV to repair diabetic TRD from 2016 to 2020. The effect of medical and ophthalmologic history parameters and baseline detachment characteristics on visual acuity (VA) and retinal reattachment was analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: There is great promise in use of machine learning (ML) for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of various medical conditions in ophthalmology and beyond. Applications of ML for ocular neoplasms are in early development and this review synthesizes the current state of ML in ocular oncology.
Methods: We queried PubMed and Web of Science and evaluated 804 publications, excluding nonhuman studies.
Background: Extremes in perioperative blood pressures are known risk factors for adverse outcomes after surgical interventions. There is scarce literature studying these parameters as predictors of outcomes after ocular surgery.
Methods: This was a retrospective single-centre interventional cohort analysis to evaluate the relationship between perioperative (preoperative and intraoperative) blood pressure value and variability and postoperative visual and anatomic outcomes.
Purpose: To present a novel technique utilizing fibrin glue-assisted adhesion as adjuvant to fine needle aspiration for management of post-surgical peripheral iris stromal cyst.
Observations: A 61 year-old male presented with a 4.20 × 7.
Background/objective: Asteroid hyalosis (AH) is an uncommon clinical entity of unknown aetiology that is associated with older age. Previous epidemiologic studies have reported various systemic and demographic risk factors for AH but remain limited due to regional constraints of their study populations. Additionally, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic black populations remain under sampled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To present a rare case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS)-like presentation associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for metastatic choroidal melanoma.
Observations: A 67-year-old non-myopic Caucasian female presented with bilateral worsening vision, flashes, and floaters after receiving two doses of ipilimumab and nivolumab for metastatic class 2 peripheral choroidal melanoma. Fundus imaging of the right eye revealed hypopigmented, extra-foveal scattered chorioretinal lesions with foveal granularity.
Objective: To investigate potential genetic susceptibility for moyamoya disease (MMD) in an African American family.
Materials And Methods: Neurovascular imaging and analyses of MMD susceptibility genes RNF213 and/or ACTA2 in a young proband with MMD and two first-degree relatives.
Results: The proband presented with pseudobulbar affect and chorea, then had a right hemispheric ischaemic stroke and rapidly fatal course.