Visual performance and quality of life in myopic adolescents with pupil-optimised multifocal versus single-vision contact lenses.

Clinical Relevance: Myopia control is a prominent area of global research, with multifocal contact lenses identified as an effective intervention for adolescents.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the visual performance and vision-related quality of life (QoL) of myopic adolescents when corrected with pupil-optimised multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCLs) versus single-vision contact lenses (SVCLs), with each participant serving as their own control.

Methods: Thirty-five myopic adolescents, habitually wearing SVCLs and fitted with pupil-optimised MFSCL with mid-addition power, were recruited.

Evaluating the reliability of the responses of large language models to keratoconus-related questions.

Clinical Relevance: Artificial intelligence has undergone a rapid evolution and large language models (LLMs) have become promising tools for healthcare, with the ability of providing human-like responses to questions. The capabilities of these tools in addressing questions related to keratoconus (KCN) have not been previously explored.

Background: In this study, the responses were evaluated from three LLMs - ChatGPT-4, Copilot, and Gemini - to common patient questions regarding KCN.

Evaluating the quality and reliability of YouTube videos on myopia: a video content analysis.

Purpose: To evaluate the quality and reliability of YouTube videos as an educational resource about myopia.

Methods: The videos were identified by searching YouTube with the keywords 'myopia' and 'nearsightedness', using the website's default search settings. The number of views, likes, dislikes, view ratio, source of the upload, country of origin, video type, and described treatment techniques were assessed.

Multimodal Imaging Characteristics and Diagnostic Value of Choroidal Nodules in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1.

Objectives: Yasunari nodules are choroidal lesions observed in patients diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) and characterized by relatively irregular dome-shaped, plaque-like, or patchy boundaries. The present study examines the multimodal imaging characteristics of Yasunari nodules and their value in the diagnosis of NF-1.

Materials And Methods: Medical records including optical coherence tomography (OCT), enhanced depth imaging OCT, infrared reflectance (IR) imaging, OCT angiography, and color fundus images of NF-1 patients who were examined at the Department of Ophthalmology in Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine between January 2022 and December 2023 were retrospectively reviewed for the presence of Yasunari nodules.

Ixabepilone related angiographically silent macular edema.

Introduction: We present a single-eyed case with a previous diagnosis of breast cancer who had intraretinal cystoid changes associated with the systemic administration of ixabepilone in her only seeing eye. To our best knowledge, this is the first reported case describing this phenomenon related to the ixabepilone administration.

Case Description: A 54-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer was examined due to visual deterioration in her only good left eye.

Optical Coherence Tomography Angiographic Follow-Up in a Case of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis and Unilateral Necrotising Retinitis.

We present a 20-year-old woman who was diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) 20 months after presenting with unilateral retinitis. At presentation, the patient had two inferotemporal macular lesions in her left eye. Corresponding to these areas, optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed hyporeflective spaces with loss of nearly all of the retinal layers.

Presentation of Ocular Syphilis with Bilateral Optic Neuropathy.

A 60-year-old otherwise healthy male presented with a 1 year history of bilateral progressive visual loss. His best-corrected visual acuity was counting fingers at 2 m with his right eye and counting fingers at 0.5 m with his left eye.

Are intravitreal hyperreflective particles alike in eyes with acute toxoplasma chorioretinitis and non-infectious uveitis?

Background: To compare distinctive features of hyperreflective particles observed on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) sections in eyes with acute toxoplasma chorioretinitis (TC) and non-infectious uveitis (NIU).

Methods: Medical records and the spectral-domain OCT images of the patients with TC and NIU were retrospectively reviewed. The TC and NIU groups were compared in terms of age, sex, mean OCT image quality, mean central macular thickness (CMT), presence of intraretinal fluid (IRF), presence of subretinal fluid (SRF), number of hyperreflective particles in the posterior vitreous area and mean particle measurement in the posterior vitreous area.

Intraretinal Macroaneurysms and Multimodal Imaging: A Retrospective Analysis.

Purpose: To analyze the multimodal imaging characteristics of intraretinal macroaneurysms.

Patients And Methods: Intraretinal aneurysms larger than 150 μm in diameter on fluorescein angiography were termed as intraretinal macroaneurysm and grouped as primary and secondary according to the absence or presence of any coexisting posterior segment diseases.

Results: A total of 20 intraretinal macroaneurysms were observed in 18 eyes of 18 patients.

Never forget ocular syphilis: A case series from a single tertiary centre.

A retrospective analysis of 10 consecutive patients who had serologically confirmed ocular syphilis between June 2020 and February 2023 was performed. All cases presented with ocular manifestations. Eight patients were diagnosed with syphilis and two patients with syphilis/human immunodeficiency virus co-infection.

Unilateral Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome-Like Reaction Following the CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Choroidal Malignant Melanoma.

A 58-year-old otherwise healthy man received a diagnosis of choroidal malignant melanoma (CMM) in June 2021 and underwent a single session of (21 Gy) CyberKnife stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT). Eleven months later, we noticed 3+ anterior chamber cells with occasional vitreous cells in the left eye. Though the tumor looked regressed, there were mild optic disc leakage, early hypofluorescent and late hyperfluorescent punctate lesions scattered 360 degrees, and late staining of the mass on fluorescein angiogram.

Dexamethasone intravitreal implant for macular edema and some other rare indications in uveitis.

In the present study, 110 eyes of 81 patients with uveitis who underwent intravitreal dexamethasone implant (IDI) injection and had a follow-up of at least 6 months between January, 2012 and September, 2022, were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 298 IDI injections were administered (mean, 2.71±2.

Does Subretinal Fluid Optical Density Ratio Differ Among the Eyes with Acute Central Serous Chorioretinopathy,Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease and Choroidal Hemangioma: A Cross-sectional Study.

Purpose: To investigate the diagnostic value of optical density ratio (ODR) in various diseases with subretinal fluid (SRF) due to different pathophysiologies.

Methods: Patients with acute central serous chorioretinopathy, CSCR (n = 49), Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease, VKH (n = 34), and choroidal hemangioma (n = 17) characterized with SRF were included. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images were analyzed using ImageJ by three independent readers.

The short-term effects of intranasal steroids on intraocular pressure in pediatric population.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intranasal mometasone furoate (INMF) on short-term intraocular pressure (IOP) alterations in children with allergic rhinitis (AR).

Methods: Children diagnosed with AR and to whom INMF nasal spray had been firstly prescribed were enrolled. Cases with any ocular diseases except for refractive errors were excluded.

Management of Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage during Cataract Surgery: A Case Report.

A 61-year-old patient with end-stage liver cirrhosis was admitted for cataract surgery with corrected distance visual acuities (CDVAs) of 0.3, in both eyes. His international correction ratio (INR) for blood coagulation was 2.