Publications by authors named "Varun Chandra"

Purpose: Brachytherapy plays a crucial role in the standard of care for locally advanced gynecological malignancies. In this report, we present the experience from a tertiary teaching hospital, which is a referral center for image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT) in the management of locally advanced gynecological malignancies.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective study of 130 patients referred to our hospital for IGBT after receiving initial external beam radiotherapy in their primary healthcare facilities, from January 2021 till January 2023.

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The objective of this report was to describe a case of total traumatic iridodialysis in the context of blunt trauma with an orbital-floor fracture. A 76-year-old female presented post-fall with right-eye blunt trauma. She underwent canthotomy and cantholysis due to concern of orbital compartment syndrome in a regional hospital with emergency physicians clearing dark tissue near the lateral canthus at the time of canthotomy cantholysis.

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Purpose: This work describes a case of Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) relapse presenting with unilateral blurred vision.

Method: A case report is presented.

Results: A 60-year-old woman with a history of WM in remission was referred for suspicious peripheral choroidal lesions and left optic disc swelling.

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Purpose: Spontaneous closure of a macular hole in macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) with vision improvement is described.

Methods: A case report is presented.

Results: A 71-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of distorted vision in his left eye.

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A 24-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of gradually increasing pain on eye movements, worse on the right. She had a significant background of undergoing intracranial correction of orbital hypertelorism with internal fixation of the lateral orbital rims at the age of 6 years. Imaging was consistent with bilateral metallic foreign bodies from both lateral orbital rims protruding into the globes.

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Unlabelled: Spondylolisthesis presenting as low back pain is not an uncommon condition. Many of such patients are treated conservatively. For those that require surgical management, various treatment options are in vogue e.

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