Recurrent proliferative vitreoretinopathy in a patient with morning glory syndrome and intellectual disability.

Purpose: To report a case of morning glory syndrome (MGS) with retinal detachment, in whom unusually severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) developed after surgery.

Observations: A 6-year-old boy with intellectual disability underwent vitrectomy for retinal detachment associated with MGS in the left eye. Vitrectomy was performed five times.

TEMPORAL INVERTED INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE FLAP TECHNIQUE FOR A MACULAR HOLE PATIENT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN POSTOPERATIVE PRONE POSITIONING.

Purpose: To report the surgical technique and efficacy of the temporal inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique for a patient with an idiopathic macular hole (MH) who is unable to maintain postoperative prone positioning.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 73-year-old man with a Stage III MH in his left eye was scheduled to undergo surgery.

Traditional Japanese herbal (kampo) medicines and treatment of ocular diseases: a review.

Herbal medicines have been used clinically in Eastern Asia, and traditional Japanese herbal (Kampo) formulas are approved as ethical drugs. The Kampo formulas are mixtures of the crude extracts of several herbs, each of which contains multiple components. Numerous investigators have reported that some herbal medicines are efficacious for treating several human diseases.

Retinal risks of high-dose ornithine supplements: a review.

We reviewed the literature on ornithine supplementation and related topics. Nutritionists and physicians have reported that ornithine supplementation is useful. Paediatricians and biochemists have reported that ornithine is supplemented for NH(3) detoxification in the hyperornithinaemia-hyperammonaemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome.

Unusual progression of pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland: case report.

A 72-year-old female complained of acute pain on left eye movement followed by progressive exophthalmos. Neuroimaging revealed a large well-demarcated lesion consisting of solid and cystic parts, as well as bone destruction and hemorrhage, within the left orbital cavity. The preoperative diagnosis was pleomorphic adenoma with or without malignant transformation, or cavernous angioma.

Concomitant cavernous hemangioma and venous angioma of the orbit.

Background: An unusual case of cavernous hemangioma coexisting with venous angioma in the ipsilateral orbit is described.

Case: A 67-year-old woman had a mass in the lower eyelid of her right eye and proptosis. Imaging examinations showed two masses connected to each other in the extraconal space of the right orbit.

Sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma of the eyelid.

Background: Sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma (SSDC) is a rare variant of sweat gland carcinomas. We report a case of SSDC of the eyelid.

Case: A 33-year-old woman presented with a painless, slowly enlarging nodule in her left lower eyelid.

Neuroretinitis associated with cat-scratch disease in Japanese patients.

Purpose: To clarify the prevalence and clinical profile of neuroretinitis associated with cat-scratch disease (CSD) in Japan.

Methods: Japanese patients were searched using a computer web site, Japana Centra Revuo Medicina. Location of patients, medical history, systemic and intraocular findings, treatments and visual outcome were examined.