An Adult Worm in the Upper Eyelid: An Atypical Presentation of Loiasis in the United States.

. To report a case of ocular involvement of Loa loa parasite. .

Surgical Approaches to the Orbit: Transpalpebral.

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the safe and effective incisional transpalpebral approaches to the orbit. The location of each approach and pertinent anatomy in each respective area, suggested approach techniques, recommended specialties, reconstruction options, intraoperative neurophysiology, complications, and approach limitations are discussed in detail.

The Ophthalmology Chief Resident: Does Surgical Volume Correlate With Likelihood of Selection?

Purpose: Investigate whether number of logged Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) surgical cases correlates with likelihood of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) ophthalmology residents being selected as the chief resident.

Design: Retrospective study.

Participants: VCUHS ophthalmology residents from 2006 to 2016.

Atypical presentation of isolated orbital Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Background: A 9-year old female presented with one month of waxing and waning upper eyelid swelling. An excisional biopsy via anterior orbitotomy was performed.

Objective: To describe a patient presenting atypically with symptoms concerning for orbital cellulitis who was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).

INTRAOCULAR SYNOVIAL SARCOMA.

Purpose: To describe the first reported case of intraocular synovial sarcoma.

Methods: A 29-year-old man was enucleated for a blind, painful eye. Pathologic examination revealed an unexpected intraocular spindle cell tumor.

Visual Acuity in Orbital Floor Fractures: Does Surgical Subspecialty Management Matter?

Purpose: At the time of this writing, there is no consensus regarding orbital floor fracture (OFFx) management. Proper management of OFFxs is imperative to help prevent well known complications and the possibility of decreased visual acuity (VA). The VA outcomes have been largely underreported in the literature.

Extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of the orbit in a patient with sarcoidosis: a case report.

Objective: To describe a case of extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (EMZL) "mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)" of the orbit that presented with stage IV disease in a patient with sarcoidosis.

Design: Clinicopathologic case report.

Methods: Biopsies of the lesion were performed in the operating room and the samples were submitted for pathology processing.