Rarely seen complication of motor vehicle accidents: Bilateral globe avulsion.

Avulsion of the globe is a rare condition that can occur with severe maxillofacial trauma. A few bilateral cases have been reported. The objective of this study was to present a case of this challenging condition in a 15-year-old male patient who was admitted to the emergency service after a motor vehicle accident.

Keratinocyte growth factor-2 and autologous serum potentiate the regenerative effect of mesenchymal stem cells in cornea damage in rats.

Aim: To investigate the healing process after severe corneal epithelial damage in rats treated with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cultured with or without keratinocyte growth factor (KGF-2) and autologous serum (AS) on amniotic membrane (AM). Many patients are blind and devastated by severe ocular surface diseases due to limbal stem cell deficiency. Bone marrow-derived MSCs are potential sources for cell-based tissue engineering to repair or replace the corneal tissue, having the potential to differentiate to epithelial cells.

Contrast sensitivity of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy patients without obvious optic neuropathy.

Purpose: To compare the contrast sensitivity levels of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) patients without obvious optic neuropathy with those of healthy people.

Methods: Forty eyes of 20 TAO patients without dysthyroid optic neuropathy and 40 eyes of 20 healthy subjects were evaluated in this prospective case-controlled study. The contrast sensitivity functions (CSFs) of all subjects were measured by the functional acuity contrast test (FACT) in five frequencies which were 1,5 cpd (A), 3 cpd (B), 6 cpd (C), 12 cpd (D), and 18 cpd (E).

Corneal sensitivity may decrease in adenoviral epidemic keratoconjunctivitis--a confocal microscopic study.

Objectives: To report a new clinical finding, decreased corneal sensitivity, in epidemic keratoconjunctivitis and to evaluate this sign with corneal confocal microscopy.

Methods: Forty-one eyes of 28 patients who developed corneal infiltrates after an outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis were included in the study. Clinical and confocal microscopic findings are described.

Retinopathy of prematurity in extremely low birth weight infants in Turkey.

Purpose: This study was designed to determine the incidence rate of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in the middle Black Sea region of Turkey.

Methods: The charts of 1,719 preterm infants were reviewed between January 2003 and September 2011. Of them, 225 (13.