Unilateral serous retinal detachment with choroidal thickening as a first presenting sign of acute myeloid leukemia.

Purpose: Serous retinal detachment is rare in leukemia, but bilateral or unilateral cases have been reported as the presenting sign of acute leukemia or the first sign of relapsing leukemia. We here report a case of unilateral serous retinal detachment with choroidal thickening before the detection of atypical lymphocytes or myeloblasts as the initial manifestation of subsequently diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

Observations: A 43-year-old woman presented with serous retinal detachment in her left eye.

Ultrastructural analyses of internal limiting membrane excised from highly myopic eyes with myopic traction maculopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate the ultrastructure of the internal limiting membranes (ILMs) excised during vitrectomy from highly myopic eyes with myopic traction maculopathy (MTM). The clinical findings before and after the vitrectomy were compared.

Methods: Seven eyes of 7 patients with macular retinoschisis were studied.

Wavefront analysis and ultrastructural findings in an eye with posterior lentiglobus.

An 8-year-old girl with unilateral posterior lenticoglobus underwent lens aspiration and intraocular lens implantation. Wavefront analysis performed before surgery to assess the surgical indication showed a higher-order aberration of 0.502 μm root mean square.

[Evaluation of treatment and prognosis of Merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid in Japan].

Purpose: To evaluate retrospectively the management and prognosis of Merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid in Japanese patients.

Subjects And Methods: Cases diagnosed as Merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid from January 1993 to February 2005 in 111 institutions in Japan were included in this retrospective study. Management and prognosis were evaluated.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma presenting with unilateral prominent nodule of the eyelid: report of a case and clinicopathological findings.

Background: The purpose of this study is to report and describe the clinical and histopathologic findings in a patient with juvenile xanthogranuloma presenting as a relatively large, solitary, pedunculated mass on the left upper eyelid.

Case: A 31-month-old Japanese girl presented with a pedunculated nodular lesion that had been developing since 4 months earlier. Otherwise, no abnormal findings were identified in either eye.

Retinal changes after macular translocation with 360-degree retinotomy in monkey eyes.

Purpose: To determine the morphologic and functional changes of the fovea and retina of monkey eyes after macular translocation with 360-degree retinotomy.

Design: Experimental study.

Methods: The retinas of eight monkey eyes were surgically translocated with a 360-degree retinotomy with procedures similar to those used on human eyes.

Immunohistochemical study of epiretinal proliferative cellular tissue from a patient with sarcoidosis.

Background: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease causing uveitis. Although steroid therapy is usually effective for many patients, some are resistant to this therapy. In such cases, vitrectomy may be chosen as the therapeutic method to treat intraocular inflammation.