The association between race and age of diagnosis of retinoblastoma in United States children.

Purpose: To explore the associations between race and retinoblastoma diagnosis in United States children.

Methods: In this analytical nonconcurrent cohort study, we used 1988-2018 data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER) database. Children ages 0-17 with retinoblastoma were included (n = 758); those with missing data were excluded (n = 11; final cohort: n = 747).

Efficacy of Office-Based Nasolacrimal Duct Probing.

Purpose: To analyze the efficacy of nasolacrimal duct probing conducted in the office for nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of 1,294 patients. Of those, 1,227 patients who underwent office-based nasolacrimal probings of the nasolacrimal duct at a single tertiary care center were included.

Double Rhomboid Suture Technique for Congenital Ptosis.

Purpose: Congenital ptosis is a troubling eye condition for pediatric ophthalmologists. There are many considerations to contemplate when deciding when to operate and which technique to use.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 69 pediatric patients treated for congenital ptosis using a double rhomboid frontalis sling with a nylon suture at a single tertiary care center.

Exceptionally elevated triglyceride in severe lipemia retinalis.

Purpose: To report a case of successful treatment for severe lipemia retinalis with extreme severe hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG).

Design: Observational case report.

Observations: A 6-week-old infant with severe lipemia retinalis manifested diffuse creamy retinal vessels complicated with vulvar xanthomas.

Pediatric Homonymous Superior Quadrantanopia in the Presence of Acute Vertebral Artery Dissection.

Objective: Spontaneous dissection of the vertebral artery is a dangerous and often underdiagnosed cause of posterior circulation and occipital lobe stroke in the young. Vertebral artery dissection should be considered in young patients with a history of minor, nontraumatic changes in head position and visual disturbances.

Methods: Clinical records for this patient were retrospectively reviewed at Miami Children's Hospital and associated pediatric ophthalmology clinic.

Clinical progression of untreated bilateral Brown syndrome.

Purpose: To present the natural history of bilateral Brown syndrome in patients without surgical intervention.

Methods: The medical records of cases of bilateral Brown syndrome not treated surgically with long-term follow-up from 1987 to 2012 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: A total of 9 cases were included.

Retained subretinal date palm tree thorn in a child.

A 3-year-old boy presented with severe eye pain and nausea after colliding with a date palm tree branch. Examination under anesthesia revealed a self-sealed corneal laceration and traumatic cataract in his left eye. Cultures were taken and the patient received prophylactic subconjunctival, intravitreal, and systemic antibiotics because of the high risk of endophthalmitis.

Use of fluorescein angiography in incontinentia pigmenti: a case report.

The authors present the case of a 6-month-old female infant with a known diagnosis of incontinentia pigmenti with a normal examination by indirect ophthalmoscopy. However, fluorescein angiography revealed vascular abnormalities that were not detected by indirect ophthalmoscopy. Follow-up examination revealed progressive vascular changes that again were only detectable by fluorescein angiography.

Diagnosis by polymerase chain reaction of ocular posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder after pediatric renal transplantation.

Purpose: To report diagnosis by polymerase chain reaction of intraocular posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in a pediatric renal transplant patient.

Design: Observational case report.

Methods: Retrospective review.