Advanced glaucoma at presentation is associated with poor follow-up among glaucoma patients attending a tertiary eye facility in Southern Nigeria.

Purpose: Globally, particularly in Africa, poor compliance with medication is a major problem in glaucoma management but little is known about follow-up rates among African glaucoma patients. The aim of this study was to determine rates of follow-up among glaucoma patients attending a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria and investigate predictors of poor follow-up.

Methods: Data were extracted from medical records of new glaucoma patients who attended the hospital between June 2011 and May 2013.

Central serous chorioretinopathy in Benin City, Nigeria.

Background: Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is a retinal cause of visual loss. The aim of this report is to describe the pattern of presentation of CSCR in patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Nigeria within a specified period.

Materials And Methods: The case folders of all patients in which a diagnosis of central serous retinopathy (CSR) was made from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014 were retrieved, data extracted and reviewed.

Broomstick Injuries to the Eye; an Emerging Cause of Blindness among Children in Nigeria.

Background: Ocular trauma among children is responsible for a high incidence of uni-ocular blindness.

Objective: To evaluate the pattern of presentation and complications from broomstick eye injury at University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City with a view to proffering solutions on ways to reduce this trend.

Materials And Methods: The hospital records of all consecutive patients who suffered ocular trauma from broomstick injury and presented at the eye clinic of the UBTH between 2003 and 2014 were evaluated.

Ocular disorders in adult leukemia patients in Nigeria.

Context: Leukemias may present with, or be associated with ocular disorders.

Aims: To determine the rates of ophthalmic disorders in adult patients with leukemia.

Settings And Design: A prospective study of ocular disorders in adult patients with leukemia at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, between July 2004 and June 2008 was conducted.

Ophthalmic disorders in adult lymphoma patients in Africa.

Context: Ocular manifestations of lymphoma are rare events. Most reports of ocular involvement in lymphoma are case reports or reports of a few patients.

Aims: To determine the ophthalmic disorders in adult, African, lymphoma patients.