Case report: A case of unilateral combined central retinal vein occlusion, incomplete central retinal artery occlusion, and papillitis following a third dose of COVID-19 vaccination.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to present a case of severe visual loss due to retinal arteriovenous occlusion and papillitis in one eye following vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Methods: A 45-year-old man undergoing treatment for hypertension had severely reduced visual acuity in the right eye 1 day after receiving a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna. Clinical examination showed that the best-corrected visual acuity in the right eye was counting fingers.

Bilateral simultaneous endophthalmitis after immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery.

Purpose: Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) has recently been considered effective due to faster visual rehabilitation and further improvements in quality of life. We report on the treatment course of a case of early postoperative endophthalmitis in both eyes after ISBCS.

Observations: The patient was a 75-year-old woman undergoing anticancer treatment for lung cancer, who had been receiving eye drops for bilateral uveitis and secondary glaucoma since 2019.

A case of intraocular inflammation after intravitreal brolucizumab injection monitored by laser flare-cell photometer.

Purpose: To report the efficacy of combination therapy using intravitreal injection of brolucizumab (IVbr) and sub-Tenon's injection of triamcinolone acetonide (STTA) and of monitoring with a laser flare-cell photometer (LFP) in a case of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) with intraocular inflammation (IOI).

Observations: A 72-year-old Japanese woman with PCV had her treatment switched to IVbr due to being refractory to aflibercept. Two weeks after starting IVbr, her visual acuity (VA) declined to 0.

[A case of herpes simplex virus encephalitis recurring after a seven-year interval].

In January 2008, a 59-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital with herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis of his right temporal lobe, which was diagnosed by PCR testing of his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). He was treated with intravenous acyclovir for three weeks and made a full recovery. On discharge, his CSF was negative for HSV on PCR testing.