Muir-Torre Syndrome in a Middle-Aged Chinese Patient with Sebaceous Carcinoma of the Eyelid.

Muir-Torre syndrome is a rare, autosomal dominant condition characterized by the presence of a skin tumor of sebaceous differentiation and visceral malignancies. We reviewed the case of a 46-year-old Chinese man who had a bleeding mass over the right upper eyelid. He had a history of colon cancer and a family history satisfying the Amsterdam criteria for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome with germline mutation in the MutS homolog-2 gene.

Malignant eyelid tumors in Hong Kong 1997-2009.

Purpose: To determine the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of patients with malignant eyelid tumors in Hong Kong.

Methods: A computerized retrieval system was used to identify all patients with histologically confirmed malignant eyelid tumors residing in Western Kowloon and the Southern New Territories, Hong Kong, during the 13-year period from 1997 to 2009. The patients' medical records were reviewed for clinical and demographic data.

Acute renal failure after topical fortified gentamicin and vancomycin eyedrops.

Purpose: To report a case of acute renal failure after topical fortified gentamicin and vancomycin eyedrops in the treatment of endophthalmitis.

Methods: A 67-year-old lady with diabetes mellitus was treated for bleb-related endophthalmitis. After intravitreal antibiotics, she was given oral ciprofloxacin, fortified gentamicin, and vancomycin eyedrops.

Successful treatment of Pseudallescheria boydii keratitis with topical natamycin as monotherapy.

Purpose: To report a case of Pseudallescheria boydii keratitis successfully treated with topical natamycin as monotherapy.

Methods: Interventional case report describing the clinical presentation, histopathologic findings, course, and treatment of a patient with P. boydii keratitis.

Verrucous carcinoma: a rare tumor of the eyelid.

A 72-year-old gentleman presented with a left upper eyelid mass existing for several years but progressively increased in size over 2 weeks. Clinically the 1.5 × 1-cm firm, pigmented and sessile mass resembles a large wart.

Clinical evaluation of the intraoperative refraction technique for intraocular lens power calculation.

Objective: To evaluate clinically the intraoperative refraction technique for intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation using 2 existing formulas proposed by Ianchulev and Leccisotti and to derive alternative formulas for this technique.

Design: Comparative case series.

Participants: One hundred eighty-two eyes from 182 patients with cataract.

Calcification of a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens: clinicopathological report.

A 72-year-old man who had phacoemulsification with implantation of an Akreos Adapt Advanced Optics (AO) IOL in the left eye complained of blurring vision 4 months postoperatively. Multiple fine white granules were found within the IOL. Intraocular lens exchange was performed at 7 months, and the explanted IOL was sent for histopathological analysis.

Alignment artifacts in optical coherence tomography analyzed images.

Purpose: To compare retinal thickness and retinal height of the original scanned optical coherence tomography (OCT) images with those of the same images after automated retinal thickness analysis.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Participants: Thirty normal eyes, 20 eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), 20 with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), 20 with macular holes, and 20 with non-AMD related macular edema from 110 subjects were selected randomly from an OCT database.

Novel approach for anterior chamber angle analysis: anterior chamber angle detection with edge measurement and identification algorithm (ACADEMIA).

Objective: To describe a novel approach to measuring anterior chamber angle dimensions and configurations.

Methods: Sixty-nine images were selected randomly from the ultrasound biomicroscopic image database to develop the algorithm. Thirty images were selected for further analyses.

Treatment of cystic epithelial downgrowth with intralesional administration of mitomycin C.

Purpose: To report a case of postoperative cystic epithelial downgrowth treated with needle aspiration and intralesional administration of mitomycin C.

Methods: Case report. A 60-year-old woman with a history of right cataract surgery 7 years ago presented with decreased vision of 1/60.

Visualization of anterior chamber angle dynamics using optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To describe the technology of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in imaging the anterior chamber angles and its impact on understanding the pathophysiology of angle-closure glaucoma (ACG).

Design: Observational case series.

Participants: Three subjects with, respectively, impending angle-closure attack, plateau iris syndrome, and phacomorphic glaucoma were recruited.