Adjunctive Treatment with Interferon Alpha 2b in Conjunctival Melanoma.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to demonstrate the clinical outcomes after resection of conjunctival melanoma (CM) followed by topical interferon (IFN) alpha 2b after a long follow-up.

Methods: Two consecutive CM patients were treated using tumor excision followed by topical IFN alpha 2b (1,000,000 UI/mL) four times a day for 12 weeks. The second case presented positivity due to the presence of tumor cells in the lower margin of the resection.

Lower Hemoglobin Concentration Is Associated with Retinal Ischemia and the Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes.

Aims. To assess the association of blood oxygen-transport capacity variables with the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinal ischemia, and macular oedema in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods.

Recurrent orbital inflammation and Whipple disease.

Purpose: To describe a recurrent case of idiopathic orbital inflammation (OI) associated with Whipple disease.

Methods: Observational case report.

Results: A 63-year-old woman developed myositis or idiopathic orbital inflammation (OI).

Isolated medial rectus muscle rupture after a traffic accident.

A 30-year-old male suffered an orbital trauma due to a traffic accident. At the Emergency Unit, the patient presented with avulsion of the upper left eyelid in the medial canthus, wounds in the lower eyelid and the inferior canaliculus, conjunctival laceration, proptosis and palpebral hematomas. The patient reported persistent diplopia.