Propranolol and periocular capillary hemangiomas: assessment of refractive effect.

Purpose: To assess the effects of systemic propranolol on refractive error in infants with periocular capillary hemangiomas.

Methods: A single-center study of consecutive patients with capillary hemangiomas treated with systemic propranolol. Refractive data were analyzed using Long's matrix formalism and the methods of Harris and Kaye.

Tarantula hair keratitis.

We describe a 12-year-old boy in England with keratitis secondary to tarantula hairs embedded within the stroma of his cornea. Every attempt must be made to isolate these hairs at the first visit as they have a barbed nature and have a propensity to propagate through ocular tissues. A chronic keratitis requiring long-term steroid use may result if hairs persist in the cornea.

Horner's syndrome and sixth nerve paresis secondary to a petrous internal carotid artery aneurysm.

We describe a report of a child with a horner's syndrome and sixth nerve paresis secondary to a petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm. Management of this condition involved coiling of the aneurysm and the use of botulinum toxin to manage his strabismus and associated symptoms.

Resolution of choroidal neovascularization secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) with intravitreal anti-VEGF agents: a case series.

Case series of four patients with CNVM secondary to PIC treated solely with anti VEGF in three cases and in combination with PDT in the other. This series reveals long term follow up (3 months to 28 months) which is currently not described in the literature.