The Joint Pathology Center/Vision Center of Excellence Approach to Analyzing Intra-Ocular "Foreign Bodies".

Background: The Military Health System recognizes the importance of analyzing "foreign bodies" removed from US service members through several policy documents. This activity focuses on detecting potentially toxic metals. Intra-ocular "foreign bodies" (IOFBs) represent a small, clinically important subset.

Fundus image diagnostic agreement in uveitis utilizing free and open source software.

Objective: To assess the adequacy of image agreement regarding uveitis based on color fundus and fluorescein angiography images alone, and to use free and open source applications to conduct an image agreement study.

Design: Cross-sectional agreement study.

Participants: Baseline fundus and fluorescein images of patients with panuveitis, posterior, or intermediate uveitis enrolled in the Multi-center Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) trial.

Mechanical energy from intraocular instruments cause emulsification of silicone oil.

Aim: The complications of intraocular silicone oil include emulsification, which may lead to vision-threatening disorders such as keratopathy, secondary glaucoma and retinopathy. The authors study the effect of mechanical energy from surgical instruments on the emulsification of silicone oil.

Methods: Three different handpieces (phacofragmentation, phacoemulsification, high-speed vitrectomy) were placed at the interface of balanced salt solution and silicone oil (1000 and 5000 cst, 200 fluid; Dow Corning).

Multifocal choroiditis in patients with familial juvenile systemic granulomatosis.

Purpose: To document clinical features of uveitis in patients with familial juvenile systemic granulomatosis.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Methods: Ophthalmologic examination, medical history, and clinical course in 16 patients from eight families examined at six academic medical centers.