Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene mutation in a 16-year-old girl with combined central retinal vein occlusion/cilioretinal artery occlusion.

Purpose: This case report describes combined central retinal veincilioretinal artery occlusion in a 16-year-old healthy girl. To our knowledge, our patient is the youngest described so for in the MEDLINE literature.

Methods: The patient underwent a full history, physical examination, and extensive laboratory studies to determine the potential risk factors leading to her vascular occlusion.

spectrum of ocular trauma at an urban county hospital.

A prospective study of all patients with ocular trauma seen by an ophthalmologist at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department or ophthalmology clinic in Dallas between December 1, 2001, and April 30, 2002, was performed. One hundred fifty-seven patients with 181 injured eyes were included. Eighty-three percent of patients were male, and 64% were younger than 40 years.

Etiology of blindness in an urban community hospital setting.

Objective: To determine the cause of monocular and binocular blindness in a predominantly nonwhite urban community hospital setting.

Design: Retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Participants: All 3562 unique subjects examined in the New and General Ophthalmology clinic at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, from July 1 to September 30, 1998.

[Elbow injuries in childhood].

Fractures and dislocations of the elbow are some of the most common injuries in childhood and adolescence. The majority occur in sport and play activities, e.g.