Ocular manifestations in acute stage Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis - A retrospective study in a tertiary hospital in South India.

Purpose: To describe the ocular manifestations in the acute stage of Stevens-Johnson syndrome/ toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed all the medical records of patients diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome/ toxic epidermal necrolysis and erythema multiforme between 2012 and 2019. Demographics, ophthalmic manifestations, and the treatment given systemically and locally were reviewed and analyzed.

An update on the novel approaches towards skills assessment of ophthalmology residents in the Indian scenario.

An essential part of the teaching-learning paradigm is assessment. It is one of the ways to achieve feedback for the various methods that have been used to impart a particular skill. This is true of ophthalmology training, where various clinical and surgical skills are learned as part of the residency program.

Bilateral paracentral acute middle maculopathy and acute macular neuroretinopathy following COVID-19 vaccination.

A 35-year-old male patient presented with blurring and black spots in vision after 1 month of the second dose of Covishield vaccination. His visual acuity was 6/6; both eyes and anterior and posterior segment examinations were normal. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed multiple hyperreflective lesions involving the nerve fiber layer with back shadowing.

Adoption of newer teaching methods to overcome challenges of training in ophthalmology residency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted training programs across all specialties. Surgical specialties, such as ophthalmology, that need continued microsurgical training are affected the most. The pandemic has resulted in ophthalmology residents being taken off their regular duties in ophthalmology and inducted into COVID duties.

Effect of wet-laboratory training on resident performed manual small-incision cataract surgery.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to study the effect of wet-laboratory training on the surgical outcome of resident performed manual small-incision cataract surgery (MSICS).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, comparative observational study on resident performed MSICS in our institute. We collected data of 464 patients of which Group A had 232 cases performed by residents without prior wet-laboratory training and Group B had 232 resident performed cases after adequate skill training in the wet laboratory.

Prevalence of undiagnosed HIV infection in patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia in a tertiary center in Karnataka, South India.

Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of undiagnosed and asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in a referral hospital in Karnataka, South India.

Methods: A consecutive series of patients presenting with OSSN were evaluated in an academic center during January 2009 to June 2010. A detailed history was obtained and physical examination in 25 consecutive patients with OSSN was performed.

Lacrimal gland involvement in lymphomatoid granulomatosis and review of the literature.

Objective. To describe the clinicoradiological and histopathological findings in a case of lacrimal gland enlargement secondary to lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) and to review the literature. Design.

Diffuse bilateral orbital inflammation in Churg- Strauss syndrome.

A 33-year-old man was diagnosed with asthma and within 5 weeks developed bilateral periocular swelling. Examination revealed bilateral axial proptosis with conjunctival nodules. His blood tests revealed a positive p-antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody with significant eosinophilia.