Dematiaceous fungal endophthalmitis: report of a case and review of the literature.

Background: Pleurostomophora richardsiae (formerly Phialophora richardsiae) is a dematiaceous fungus that is an uncommon cause of ocular infection. Herein, we present a case of endogenous endophthalmitis associated with disseminated P. richardsiae infection.

A histological analysis of the Müllerectomy: redefining its mechanism in ptosis repair.

Background: The goals of this study were to determine whether the surgical target amount of Müller's muscle removed is consistent with the histological amount obtained, to assess the clinical outcome of ptosis repair based on these amounts, and to evaluate the role of the levator aponeurosis in the procedure.

Methods: The Müllerectomy procedure was performed on eight eyelids of four cadavers and eight eyelids of seven patients (six unilateral, one bilateral). Histologically, the dimensions of the Müller and levator muscles were measured in the specimens removed.

Uterine papillary serous carcinoma metastatic to the choroid.

Purpose: To report an unusual case of choroidal metastasis from uterine papillary serous carcinoma presenting as a choroidal hemorrhage.

Methods: A 70-year-old woman with a history of Stage IV endometrial cancer presented with sudden loss of vision and pain behind the right eye. Clinical examination revealed a choroidal hemorrhage with retinal detachment.

Management of congenital nonpigmented iris cyst.

Purpose: Previously reported clinical outcomes after treatment of congenital iris cysts have been poor, complicated by cyst recurrence and vision loss. Our purpose was to evaluate the outcomes of surgical excision and microdiathermy of congenital iris cysts.

Design: Interventional retrospective case series.

Bacillary angiomatosis with cytomegaloviral and mycobacterial infections of the palpebral conjunctiva in a patient with AIDS.

We report the clinical and histopathologic findings of bacillary angiomatosis involving the palpebral conjunctiva with concomitant infection by cytomegalovirus and Mycobacterium species in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. After debulking, the conjunctival tissue was studied with the use of light and electron microscopy; stains for bacteria, acid-fast bacilli, and Bartonella species; and immunohistochemical studies for cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus. We observed the typical histopathologic findings of bacillary angiomatosis, the presence of bacilli stained by the Steiner and Steiner method, and the electron microscopic demonstration of bacilli consistent with Bartonella species.

Traumatic evulsion of the globe.

Purpose: To report the clinical and pathologic findings in 3 cases of traumatic evulsion of the globe, during which the optic nerve and its sheath were disrupted at different locations and to varying extents.

Methods: Case series (3 patients).

Results: We describe the clinical, gross, and microscopic pathologic findings in 3 globes that were traumatically evulsed from their orbits.