Functional outcome and quality of life index after endonasal versus external dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: To compare the functional outcome and quality of life (QOL) index following non-endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (NEN-DCR) and external dacryocystorhinostomy (EXT-DCR).

Methods: Patients were prospectively allocated to two groups. All adult patients presenting with primary nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO) undergoing EXT-DCR and NEN-DCR at a tertiary eye care center were included.

Acantholytic Acanthoma of the Eyelid: Unusual Presentation.

Acantholytic acanthoma is a benign epidermal tumor with a truncal predisposition and is not previously reported as an eyelid mass. A 63-year-old man, presented with a history of nodular masses of both his eyelid margin and eyelid surface of 3 years duration. Excision biopsy of lesion of eyelid margin was consistent with dermal nevus.

Fusarium keratitis at a tertiary eye care centre in India.

The aim of the study was to report the clinical and microbiological profiles of Fusarium keratitis. In this single-centre, retrospective, non-comparative case series, 47 laboratory-confirmed cases of keratitis caused by Fusarium species treated at the L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India, between November 2006 and October 2009, were reviewed. The analysis included predisposing factors, clinical characteristics, microbiological findings, treatment and outcome.