Effect of triamcinolone acetonide on vascular endothelial growth factor and occludin levels in branch retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To investigate the molecular mechanism by which triamcinolone acetonide (TA) may reduce edema in a porcine model of branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Design: Animal study.

Method: After baseline ophthalmoscopic examination and fundus photography, a BRVO was created photothrombotically in each eye of 6 pigs, using argon green photocoagulation and intravenous Rose Bengal.

Intravitreal voriconazole for the treatment of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum.

Scedosporium apiospermum is an increasingly recognized cause of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in immunocompromised patients. The authors describe two patients with endogenous S. apiospermum endophthalmitis treated with intravitreal and systemic voriconazole.

Opaque coating of an intraocular lens and regression of iris neovascularization following injection of triamcinolone acetonide into the anterior chamber.

A pseudophakic patient presented with a vitreous haemorrhage and iris neovascularization associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Vitrectomy with panretinal photocoagulation and intraocular gas tamponade of an iatrogenic break was performed. As an alternative to intravitreal injection into a gas-filled eye, triamcinolone acetonide was injected into the anterior chamber.

Corneal perforation due to severe peripheral ulcerative keratitis in Crohn disease.

Purpose: To describe corneal perforation secondary to severe peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) in a patient with Crohn disease.

Methods: Interventional case report.

Results: A 72-year-old male with biopsy-proven Crohn disease presented with reduced vision, PUK, and corneal perforation in the right eye.

Intravitreal triamcinolone for the treatment of ischemic macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) for ischemic macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and foveal ischemia.

Design: Prospective interventional case series.

Methods: setting: Clinical practice.

Videoendoscope-guided fluorescein-assisted vitrectomy for phakic malignant glaucoma.

Malignant glaucoma is a rare secondary glaucoma classically occurring after intraocular surgery in eyes with primary angle closure. Pars plana vitrectomy is reserved for the treatment of malignant glaucoma when medical and laser treatment fail. The primary aim of surgery is the removal of the anterior vitreous to reduce resistance to aqueous flow into the anterior chamber.

Optical coherence tomography under general anesthesia in a child with nystagmus.

Purpose: To describe a method that permits optical coherence tomography scanning to be performed under general anesthesia.

Design: Observational case report.

Methods: A 7-year-old child underwent optical coherence tomography scanning under general anesthesia.