Solar retinopathy in children.

Purpose: To describe the visual acuity, fundus appearance, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings in 5 eyes of 3 children with foveal damage from solar retinopathy.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational case series of children who presented to the emergency department at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital after having directly viewed the Sun during the transit of Venus on June 6, 2012, or the partial eclipse of the Sun on November 14, 2012. All patients underwent visual acuity testing, dilated fundus examination, and SD-OCT imaging.

Microbial keratitis following corneal transplantation.

Purpose: To determine the predisposing risk factors and analyse the clinical and microbiological profiles of microbial keratitis following corneal transplantation.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was done of hospital records of all patients who presented with microbial keratitis in the corneal graft between July 2000 and June 2005 at the Corneal Unit of Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Results: Eighty-one episodes of infection were identified in 62 patients over a 5-year period.

Mechanism of topiramate-induced acute-onset myopia and angle closure glaucoma.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: In an institutional practice setting, two women, aged 25 and 45, developed acute myopia after starting topiramate for epilepsy. One patient also developed bilateral angle closure glaucoma.

Retinal manifestations of ophthalmic artery hypoperfusion.

Ophthalmic artery hypoperfusion is a relatively uncommon clinical entity. This study illustrates the posterior segment findings of ophthalmic artery hypoperfusion in a series of nine patients. Colour photographs and relevant fluorescein angiograms highlighting the findings are shown.