Blepharoptosis and corneal epithelial thickness alterations, is there any relation?

Background: To compare the epithelial thickness map of ptotic eyes of blepharoptosis patients with contralateral non- ptotic eyes.

Methods: Unilateral blepharoptosis patients were enrolled consecutively. Patients were underwent full ophthalmologic examination and their demographic data such as age and gender and specific ptosis findings e.

Pituitary Apoplexy Secondary to Thrombocytopenia due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Report of a Rare Case and Literature Review.

Purpose: To report a 16-year-old female patient with pituitary apoplexy in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection-related thrombocytopenia in the absence of preexisting pituitary macroadenoma.

Methods: The patient had been admitted because of respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection and developed thrombocytopenia, intense headache, and symptoms of cavernous sinus syndrome.

Results: Urgent magnetic resonance imaging of the brain depicted a pituitary apoplexy.

Isolated lateral rectus muscle large B cell lymphoma: A rare case report and review of the literature.

Purpose: To report a 65-year-old male patient with primary lateral rectus large B cell lymphoma.

Observations: The patient had been referred because of progressive proptosis and limitation of ductions, especially abduction (ortho position at primary gaze) and conjunctival injection. Computerized tomography of the orbit and paranasal sinuses depicted a massive lateral rectus muscle enlargement without any other orbital involvement.

Transient intraocular lens opacification during phacoemulsification surgery.

Purpose: To report an interesting case of intraoperative opacification of intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods: This study is a report of a 61-year-old male patient who suffered from nuclear sclerosis cataract and had undergone phacoemulsification surgery. During surgery, intraoperative opacification of IOL (Cristal, Cristalens), which was a foldable, 13 mm, one piece, square edge and hydrophilic acrylic IOL, occurred.

Clinical characteristics, histopathology, and treatment outcomes in adult and pediatric patients with nonspecific orbital inflammation.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical characteristics, histopathology, and treatment outcomes in adult and pediatric patients with nonspecific orbital inflammation (NSOI).

Methods: This retrospective study evaluates 76 patients with NSOI. The patients were categorized in 9 groups according to the site of involvement and histopathology results.

Orbital invasion of ameloblastoma: A systematic review apropos of a rare entity.

Purpose: Ameloblastoma is a non-encapsulated and slow-growing tumor with high recurrence rate. Orbital involvement by this neoplasm is an extremely rare entity. In this study, we present a systematic review on this situation along with clinical and paraclinical features of a case.

Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Associated with Fuchs Heterochromic Iridocyclitis.

In this study, we report a 26-year-old female case of Niemann-Pick disease type C in association with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis who was admitted with the complaint of ocular pain and redness following trauma. She had mild inflammatory signs and also vertical ocular motility limitations.

The effect of melatonin on endothelial dysfunction in patient undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Background: In this study, we investigated the effect of melatonin administration on four markers of endothelial cell function including intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM), C-reactive protein (CRP), and nitric oxide (NO) on patients with three vessels coronary disease.

Materials And Methods: This double-blind, randomized, controlled trial study was conducted on 39 patients (32 men and 7 women) with three vessels coronary disease. The case group included 20 patients who received 10 mg oral melatonin 1 h before sleeping for 1 month.

Comparison of Scheimpflug and swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomography in normal and keratoconus eyes.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the agreement of anterior segment optical coherence tomography with its older well-known opponent i.e., Sheimpflug imaging in evaluation of the cornea in normal and keratoconus subjects.

Intravitreal Diclofenac plus Bevacizumab versus Bevacizumab alone in treatment-naive diabetic macular edema: a randomized double-blind clinical trial.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the short-term effects of a single intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg Bevacizumab combined with 300 lg/0.1 mL Diclofenac (IVB/D) versus 1.

Transposition surgery for WEBINO.

Wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (WEBINO) is a rare syndrome which is characterized by a set of ocular motility abnormalities, especially a large-angle exotropia in primary gaze. One of the management strategies suggested for it is extraocular muscle surgery, particularly transposition surgery. In this 38-year-old male WEBINO patient, we concluded that transposition surgery could effectively alleviate the exodeviation and also the patient's complaints in comparison with resection-recession procedures.

Endothelial Function in Patients with Migraine without Aura during the Interictal Period.

Background: In most of the studies, the association of vascular events is limited to migraine with aura or it is stronger in this group, whereas the link between migraine without aura (MO) and vascular events remained uncertain. Therefore, we decided to evaluate endothelial function by chemical and functional markers of endothelium in MO and compare with normal population.

Methods: In this study, 39 patients and 25 healthy subjects were enrolled and flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), C-reactive protein (CRP), nitrite and nitrate were measured in these two groups.

Evaluation of relationship between breast cancer and migraine.

Background: Frequency of migraine changes at different times of a woman's reproductive cycle because of fluctuation of estrogen levels. Breast cancer has also a link with hormonal changes. Given this fact that both migraine and breast cancer are affected by estrogen, the prevalence of migraine may be different in breast cancer patients compared to the normal population.

A rare anomalous origin of left subclavian artery from the circle of Willis in combination with right sided aortic arch: A case report.

Background: One of the rare aortic congenital abnormalities is right sided aortic arch which is occurred in approximately 0.1% of the population. The anomalous origin of the subclavian arteries has also been reported.

Efficacy of Enalapril in Migraine Prophylaxis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial.

Background: Some angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have previously been shown to be effective in migraine prophylaxis. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether Enalapril is effective in migraine prophylaxis.

Methods: In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, the effects of 10 mg Enalapril given daily were compared with those of matched placebo in 40 migraineurs for 2 months.

The course and outcome of pregnancy and neonatal situation in epileptic women.

Background: Epilepsy is a rare neurologic disorder during pregnancy. Despite its rarity, it could cause different clinical problems in this natural phenomenon of a woman's life. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the course of pregnancy and labor and their outcome in epileptic and healthy women.

Enalapril improves endothelial function in patients with migraine: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Background: There are increasing evidences of endothelial dysfunction in migraine. The ACE-inhibitors have previously been shown to be effective in migraine prophylaxis. Furthermore, ACE inhibitors have beneficial effects on endothelial dysfunction.