Publications by authors named "Rawan Althaqib"

Article Synopsis
  • - Acute dacryocystitis due to Sphingomonas Paucimobilis is rare, especially in immunocompetent patients, and its occurrence alongside mixed pathogens has not been previously documented.
  • - A middle-aged, healthy female patient with nasolacrimal duct obstruction presented with symptoms of acute dacryocystitis but showed no improvement on initial antibiotic treatment.
  • - After lab cultures revealed Sphingomonas Paucimobilis as a pathogen, the treatment was switched to Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole, leading to improvement in the patient's condition by the second follow-up.
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A primary orbital respiratory cyst is a congenital choristoma that presents in the orbit and with different signs and symptoms depending on the location, which might also change the surgical approach. The aim of this report is to describe 2 new cases of primary respiratory epithelial cysts and to review the literature on presentation, management, and risk factors with different surgical approaches and complications. Two cases presenting with gradually increased proptosis had a confirmed diagnosis of a respiratory epithelial cyst.

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Introduction And Importance: Medulloepithelioma is the second most common primary intraocular malignant tumor in children but is often diagnosed late, which worsens the prognosis.

Case Presentation: We are reporting a 6-year-old boy presenting with a ciliary body (CB) teratoid malignant medulloepithelioma (TMM), which was missed at the initial presentation. We added our case to the 97 previously reported cases in our literature review that were confirmed by cytological or histopathological examination.

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A systematic literature review revealed 88 Rosai-Dorfman Disease (RDD) cases affecting the orbit. We present a review of the literature on orbital RDD in addition to two brothers with isolated bilateral extra-nodal orbital RDD cases associated with G-6PD deficiency. The disease manifested as asymmetric extensive orbital and paranasal sinus infiltration, with orbital bone destruction.

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Objective: To determine the preference for dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), patient selection criteria for endoscopic DCR, endoscopic DCR technique, and barriers to adoption of endoscopic DCR.

Method: Cross-sectional study conducted from May-December 2021. A survey was sent to oculoplastic surgeons.

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Purpose: To report a case series of seven patients with late presentation of orbital/subperiosteal abscess following oral treatment of orbital cellulitis.

Methods: A retrospective case series of all patients presented with orbital abscess following oral treatment of orbital cellulitis from two tertiary-care eye centres in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was conducted. Demographic profiles, risk factors, initial clinical presentation, management regimens, and final outcome were analysed.

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Purpose: Incidences of ocular conditions, including meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), blepharitis, and dry eye have been increasing globally. Eyelid hygiene is key to maintaining ocular surface health and improving ocular symptoms. This study investigated the awareness of eyelid hygiene among the Saudi population.

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Purpose: To study the demographics and clinical presentation of biopsied lacrimal gland lesions in a tertiary eye center and determine the accuracy of radiological imaging and blood investigations in reaching the diagnosis. We also studied the histopathological outcome of different lacrimal gland biopsy approaches.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of patients' charts from 2014 to 2021 who underwent lacrimal gland biopsy.

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Although most commonly benign, neurofibromas (NFs) can have devastating functional and cosmetic effects in addition to the possibility of malignant transformation. Orbitofacial NFs, in particular, may cause progressive, disfiguring tumors of the lid, brow, temple, face, and orbit, and clinical evidence suggests that they may have increased local aggressiveness compared to NFs developing at other sites. The purpose of this study was to identify biological differences between orbitofacial NFs and those occurring at other anatomic sites.

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Purpose: To report long-term surgical outcomes of a series of MGJWS patients with moderate ptosis who underwent levator resection.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of 10 MGJWS patients with moderate ptosis who underwent levator resection was performed in two major eye centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January 1987 to December 2019. Clinical features, pre-operative and post-operative data of the 10 patients were recorded.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the occurrence of eyelid myokymia in patients with Marcus Gunn jaw-winking synkinesis (MGJWS), noting that five patients (3 males, 2 females) exhibited this phenomenon during a retrospective analysis in Riyadh hospitals.
  • Most patients displayed right-sided MGJWS and exhibited vertical twitching of the upper eyelid, associated with monocular elevation deficiency on the same side.
  • The findings suggest that ipsilateral eyelid myokymia could be an important characteristic of MGJWS, indicating that peripheral dysinnervation might play a role in the condition.
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