Treatment Adherence Effect on the Visual Acuity of Behçet's Uveitis Patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between treatment adherence, visual acuity, quality of life (QoL), depression, and anxiety levels in individuals with Behçet's uveitis (BU).

Methods: A total of 55 BU patients and 55 healthy controls completed sociodemographic questionnaires, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire-BREF version (WHOQOL-BREF), Self-reported Questionnaire About Treatment Compliance, and the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS). The scores obtained from these scales were analyzed to assess the relationship between treatment adherence, visual acuity, QoL, depression, and anxiety levels.

Vogt-Kayanagi-Harada-Like Uveitis Induced by Dabrafenib/Trametinib Therapy for Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma.

A 54-year-old woman with cutaneous malignant melanoma developed Vogt-Kayanagi-Harada (VKH)-like uveitis induced by dabrafenib/trametinib therapy. Dabrafenib was discontinued but she continued to use trametinib due to the risk of disease progression. Intraocular inflammation resolved after cessation of dabrafenib and administration of topical and systemic corticosteroids.

Ocular-periocular burns in a tertiary hospital: Epidemiologic characteristics.

Purpose: Ocular burns are ophthalmic emergencies that can cause devastating injuries. This study aimed to analyze the epidemiology, complications, and management of ocular-periocular burns.

Methods: A total of 193 patients with ocular-periocular burns were admitted to our tertiary hospital from January 2018 to December 2020.

The impact of celiac disease and duration of gluten free diet on anterior and posterior ocular structures: Ocular imaging based study.

Purpose: To evaluate the eyes of adult celiac disease (CD) patients and investigate the association between these ocular parameters with celiac specific antibodies and duration of gluten free diet (GFD).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 72 eyes of 36 CD patients (18-51 years of age) and 70 eyes of 35 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. In addition to a complete ophthalmologic examination, all patients were scanned by a Scheimpflug camera, specular microscopy and spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer changes on optical coherence tomography in patients with unilateral hypertensive cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis.

Purpose: To investigate whether peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) and macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thinning are present in patients with unilateral hypertensive Cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis (hCMV AU).

Methods: We included 19 eyes with unilateral hCMV AU and their unaffected fellow eyes as the control group in this study. Peripapillary RNFL and macular GCIPL changes were determined using spectral-domain (SD) - optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Epidemiological Characteristics of Corneal Donors at a Tertiary Referral Center in Turkey: An Eye Bank Study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic features of corneal donors and available data of corneas in our eye bank during a 14-year period.

Materials And Methods: The demographic features of the corneal donors, the causes of death, the death-to-excision interval, serology results, the mean endothelial cell density, and the reasons for discarding the corneas were retrospectively evaluated.

Results: During the study period, 6524 corneas were retrieved from 3326 donors (76.

A Rare Cause of Hypopyon Anterior Uveitis: Relapsing Polychondritis.

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystemic disease. It affects cartilage and proteoglycan-rich structures. Ocular findings are the most frequent systemic involvement of the disease.

Optic Neuropathy and Macular Ischemia Associated with Neurosarcoidosis: A Case Report.

In this study, we present a case of bilateral optic neuropathy and macular ischemia in the right eye associated with neurosarcoidosis. A 26-year-old woman presented to our clinic with complaints of bilateral blurred vision. Bilateral granulomatous anterior uveitis, vitritis, optic neuropathy, and macular ischemia were detected in the right eye in slit-lamp examination.

Intraocular pressure in infants and its association with hormonal changes with vaginal birth versus cesarean section.

To investigate cord arterial blood sample and the relationship between birth stress and intraocular pressure in infants at 5 min after delivery. The IOP measurements were taken using Tonopen-Avia tonometer to 158 newborns (158 eyes) at 5th min after birth, in a university hospital. Cord blood was collected within 3 min after delivery.

Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection.

We report a case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal ranibizumab injection for a choroidal neovascular membrane. Pars plana vitrectomy was applied for endophthalmitis and group G Streptococcus cultures were isolated in the vitreous samples taken from the patient. Twenty-four hours following pars plana vitrectomy the patient underwent myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest.