Modified partial Jensen procedure to treat a hypertropic Knobby eye syndrome in a high myopic monocular patient.

We present a case of severe esotropia and hypertropia in a monocular high myope with an inferolateral staphyloma. Surgery was undertaken to secure the inferior rectus to the lateral rectus via a modified partial Jensen technique, along with medial rectus recession successfully improving head and eye positions and ductions.

Corrigendum to "Five-Year Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type II Diabetes in a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon".

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Comparison between Nonmydriatic Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Conventional Ophthalmologic Examination in Detecting Adult Macular Pathology.

Objective: To compare nonmydriatic spectral domain optical coherence tomography (NMOCT) to comprehensive ophthalmologic evaluation (COE) in detecting adult macular abnormalities.

Methods: This is a single-reader observational pilot study of adults older than 50 years with no known ophthalmologic problems to assess the correlation between NMOCT and COE in detecting macular abnormalities classified as epiretinal, intraretinal, subretinal, or a combination thereof. Subjects underwent NMOCT of the macula followed by COE which included a dilated fundus examination and ancillary tests as needed.

Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years.

Objective: To report the 15-year trend in ophthalmic presentations to the emergency department (ED) at the only medical center in Lebanon that provides 24-hour ophthalmologic care.

Methods: Retrospective review of 1967 patients presenting to the ED with eye-related complaints between September 1997 and August 1998 and between September 2012 and August 2013. Diagnoses were classified into 4 categories according to the International Society of Ocular Trauma and include penetrating eye injuries, nonpenetrating eye trauma, nontraumatic ophthalmic emergencies, and nontraumatic, nonurgent ophthalmic conditions.

Five-Year Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type II Diabetes in a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon.

Objective: To estimate the 5-year incidence of progression rate and regression rate and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a cohort of Lebanese patients with type II diabetes.

Methods: We followed a cohort of 462 Lebanese patients with type II diabetes for over 5 years at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Patients underwent yearly complete ophthalmic evaluation and fundus photographs and were assessed for the incidence, stage, and evolution of DR using modified Airlie House classification.

Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Anterior Chamber Ointment Globule after Phacoemulsification.

We present 2 cases of anterior chamber ointment with evidence of progressive endothelial cell loss. In both cases, an anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) was similar to an OCT of a tobramycin-dexamethasone ointment placed on a pen tip. An anterior segment OCT also demonstrated the direct contact of the globule with the corneal endothelium.

Mutations in ASPH cause facial dysmorphism, lens dislocation, anterior-segment abnormalities, and spontaneous filtering blebs, or Traboulsi syndrome.

We have previously described a syndrome characterized by facial dysmorphism, lens dislocation, anterior-segment abnormalities, and spontaneous filtering blebs (FDLAB, or Traboulsi syndrome). In view of the consanguineous nature of the affected families and the likely autosomal-recessive inheritance pattern of this syndrome, we undertook autozygosity mapping and whole-exome sequencing to identify ASPH as the disease locus, in which we identified two homozygous mutations. ASPH encodes aspartyl/asparaginyl β-hydroxylase (ASPH), which has been found to hydroxylate aspartic acid and asparagine residues on epidermal growth factor (EGF)-domain-containing proteins.

Combination of intracameral and intrastromal voriconazole in the treatment of recalcitrant Acremonium fungal keratitis.

We present a report of a 28-year-old female with fungal keratitis due to Acremonium that was unresponsive to full medical therapy over 3 weeks. The patient was treated with superficial keratectomy, intrastromal and intracameral voriconazole injections. There was a marked clinical improvement beginning on day 3 post-therapy that was sustained until the last follow-up at 6 months.

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis presenting unilaterally.

A 7-year-old boy had itching, foreign body sensation, and redness in his right eye. Unilateral cobblestone papillae and a shield ulcer were found. Topical antihistamines, mast cell stabilizers, and steroids led to marked improvement.

Recalcitrant post-LASIK Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis eradicated after the use of fourth-generation fluoroquinolone.

Objective: To report a patient with Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis after LASIK and discuss therapeutic measures.

Design: Interventional case report and literature review.

Intervention: A healthy, 25-year-old man presented 6 weeks after LASIK with infectious keratitis in the left eye.

Intravitreal triamcinolone for the management of macular edema due to nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide in the management of persistent macular edema secondary to nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).

Methods: Twenty consecutive patients were selected with a 3- to 4-month history of nonischemic CRVO and persistent macular edema. These patients received a single intravitreal injection of 4 mg of triamcinolone acetonide (40 mg/mL).

Intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator in the management of central retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in the management of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) in patients with symptoms for <3 days.

Methods: We evaluated the visual outcome of a consecutive series of patients with CRVO following intravitreal tPA injection. All patients presented with visual acuity worse than 20/50 within 3 days from the onset of symptoms.

Corneal topography after ocular rubbing.

Purpose: To examine the immediate effect of ocular rubbing on corneal topography.

Methods: Corneal topography and analysis were performed before, immediately after, and 5 minutes after eyelid rubbing in 29 volunteers without ocular disease.

Results: The surface regularity index increased from a baseline of 0.