Case of semicircular lipoatrophy: relation between its characteristic distribution and anatomical muscle structure.

Semicircular lipoatrophy is characterized by one or more partial, horizontal, band-like depressions, usually on the anterolateral thigh or thighs. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with a 1-month history of bilateral, parallel, symmetrical depressions on the anterolateral aspects of her thighs. She had been wearing a tight girdle, and the girdle's folds matched the cutaneous bands.

[Amblyogenic factors in patients with an early-onset type of developmental glaucoma].

Purpose: To extract amblyogenic factors in eyes with an early-onset type of developmental glaucoma despite good post-operative intraocular pressure (IOP) control.

Materials And Methods: Subjects were 24 eyes of 14 patients that underwent successful trabeculotomy by 3 years of age and had their best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) development monitored for at least 5 years or more after surgery. Principal factor analysis was performed on final logarithmic BCVA, age at operation, corneal diameter, corneal opacity, Haab's striae, spherical equivalent of final refractive error, final astigmatic degree, axial length, preoperative IOP, final vertical cup per disc ratio, and either presence or absence of eccentric fixation.

Effect of retinopathy of prematurity on resolution acuity development in 1- to 3-year-old children.

Purpose: To assess the pattern of visual development in children aged 1-3 years with stage 1-3 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Methods: One hundred forty-four infants weighing <1500 g were divided into three groups according to ROP stage. Randomly chosen preterm infants were the controls.

Disruption of the blood-aqueous barrier following retinal laser photocoagulation and cryopexy in pigmented rabbits.

Disruption of the blood-aqueous barrier (BAB) induced by retinal photocoagulation and cryopexy in pigmented rabbits was evaluated by laser flare photometry. A significant increase in flare values after retinal photocoagulation was measured from the 1st postoperative day, with values returning to baseline levels by day 7. Cryopexy induced consistently high flare values for 14 days.

Early surgery for infantile esotropia.

Aim: To investigate the postoperative eye alignment and binocular visual function after early surgery for infantile esotropia.

Methods: Both the postoperative eye position and stereopsis were reviewed using the Titmus stereo test in nine patients who received uniocular medial rectus recession and lateral rectus resection under general anaesthesia before 8 months of age and were followed up for a minimum of 4 years.

Results: Orthophoria was attained in three cases, whereas esotropia was found in four patients.

Granuloma annulare in herpes zoster scars.

A 54-year-old Japanese female developed granuloma annulare twice in herpes zoster scars. Soon after the second event, she developed ulcerative colitis, which was well controlled by sulfonamides and corticosteroid suppository. She had no history of diabetes mellitus.

Blood-aqueous barrier disruption in experimental anterior segment ischemia in rabbit eyes.

The blood-aqueous barrier (BAB) in experimentally induced anterior segment ischemia (ASI) following strabismus or retinal detachment surgery in pigmented rabbits was evaluated by laser flare photometry. Four simultaneous rectus tenotomies produced a significantly higher flare value on the 1st postoperative day. Obstruction of one or two vortex veins produced significantly high flare values on the 1st and 3rd postoperative days.

Development of grating acuity in infants with Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Purpose: To evaluate the visual development in infants with stage 1 approximately 3 ROP and compare their visual results with healthy preterm infants.

Patients And Methods: One hundred forty-four premature infants were recruited and were divided into 3 groups according to the stage of ROP. Randomly selected preterm subjects with no ROP were taken as controls.

Visual function following congenital cataract surgery.

To evaluate the results of congenital cataract extraction and postoperative visual function, we retrospectively reviewed the records of 95 patients who underwent pars plana (plicata) lensectomy or aspiration surgery. Forty-nine percent of the patients with bilateral aphakia and 25% with bilateral pseudophakia had a Landolt visual acuity of 0.5 or above at the final visit.

Iridopathy in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy: detection of early stage of rubeosis iridis.

Forty-two eyes of 31 proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients with laser flare intensity > or = 20 photon counts/ms underwent fluorescein iris angiography to evaluate any changes in the blood-iris barrier and iris biomicroscopy to detect rubeosis iridis. Fluorescein iris angiography revealed abnormal dye leakage in all eyes. Laser flare intensity significantly correlated with the degree of dye leakage.

Laser flare intensity in diabetics: correlation with retinopathy and aqueous protein concentration.

The laser flare intensity in diabetics, measured with the scattering of a light beam, was evaluated and compared with actual aqueous protein concentration obtained during surgery. Measurement of the laser flare intensity in 120 diabetics and 108 normal subjects was performed with the laser flare cell meter (FC1000 Kowa, Tokyo). Aqueous protein concentration in 26 diabetics and six controls who underwent intraocular surgery was measured by the method of Bradford.