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BMC Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Background: Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear is a well-known complication of RPE detachment and is typically associated with significant visual acuity decline. However, in this case, despite the occurrence of an RPE tear there was an unexpected improvement in visual acuity.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male presented with blurred vision in his right eye of a month's duration.
Cell Tissue Bank
January 2025
Academic Ophthalmology, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Globally there is a shortage of available donor corneas with only 1 cornea available for every 70 needed. A large limitation to corneal transplant surgery is access to quality donor tissue due to inadequate eye donation services and infrastructure in many countries, compounded by the fact that there are few available long-term storage solutions for effectively preserving spare donor corneas collected in countries with a surplus. In this study, we describe a novel technology termed low-temperature vacuum evaporation (LTVE) that can effectively dry-preserve surplus donor corneal tissue, allowing it to be stored for approximately 5 years, shipped at room temperature, and stored on hospital shelves before rehydration prior to ophthalmic surgery.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Trichoderma is a widely distributed thermophilic fungus that grows on moist soil, fallen leaves, and rotten wood. It plays an important role in agricultural production, food processing, and soil. However, some forms of Trichoderma can infect humans.
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December 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex, multisystemic disease and is associated with ocular pathology in 4-12% of patients. In general, ocular disease affects Crohn's patients more frequently than those with ulcerative colitis. Episcleritis and uveitis are the most common presentations, with episcleritis often correlating with IBD flares, whereas uveitis presents independently of IBD activity and, in some cases, may even alert clinicians to a new diagnosis of IBD.
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January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
The treatment of fungal keratitis(FK) remains challenging due to delayed fungal detection and the limited effectiveness of antifungal drugs. Fungal infection can activate both innate and adaptive immune responses in the cornea. Fungi stimulate the production of oxidative stress-related biomarkers and mediate the infiltration of neutrophils, macrophages, and T cells.
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