Hydroxyurea: Pattern of Use, Patient Adherence, and Safety Profile in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Oman.

Objectives: Many barriers contribute to the underutilization of hydroxyurea (HU) in the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), and adherence to its use is often reported to be suboptimal. It is important to have information on the safety of HU in patients with SCD. Our study assessed the pattern of use, patients' adherence to medication, discontinuation of use, and safety of HU in patients with SCD.

HIV viral suppression in Oman: Encouraging progress toward achieving the United Nations 'third 90'.

Objective: To assess the impact of capacity-building interventions introduced by the Oman National AIDS Programme on the quality of HIV care in the country.

Methods: HIV viral load (VL) suppression and loss to follow-up (LTFU) rates were calculated for the period before (in December 2015; n=1098) and after (in June 2017; n=1185) the introduction of the interventions: training, support, and care pathway development. Three HIV VL cuts-offs at last measurement in the year of interest were used to define VL suppression.

Colloid cyst of the third ventricle presenting with features of Terson's syndrome.

This report describes a middle-aged man presenting to the ophthalmologist with history of seeing floaters before both eyes since 2-weeks duration. A history of intermittent headache and dizziness of recent onset was elicited on questioning. Ocular examination showed bilateral early papilloedema and mild vitreous hemorrhage.

Blurred vision as the sole initial presentation of disseminated lung malignancy.

Symptomatic choroidal metastasis (CM) is a rare presenting feature of disseminated lung malignancy. Detection of the primary malignancy usually precedes ocular findings. We report a rare case of blurred vision secondary to bilateral CM as the sole initial manifestation of disseminated lung malignancy in a female patient.

Adult Onset Still's Disease in Oman.

Objective: To 1. Highlight the demographic characteristics, clinical features, laboratory investigations and outcome if possible of a relatively rare disease (Adult Onset Still's Disease {AOSD}) and 2. To compare our results with those reported earlier by others.