4 results match your criteria: "West Virginia University Department of Ophthalmology[Affiliation]"

Purpose: We present two cases of fungal keratitis following amniotic membrane transplantation, including and keratitis.

Observations: A 76-year-old female with a history of anterior basement membrane dystrophy referred for reduced vision and left eye pain ten days following AMT at an outside facility. Despite topical management, the patient continued to worsen clinically, with a recalcitrant course of Fusarium keratitis requiring conjunctival flap, cryotherapy, and intracameral and intrastromal injection.

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Purpose: To describe a novel case of marginal keratitis following COVID 19 vaccination.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 68-year-old female received the Moderna COVID 19 vaccine.

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Keratoglobus with ARCL1B (EFEMP2 gene) cutis laxa.

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep

September 2019

Cornell University, Department of Ophthalmology, 1305 York Ave at East 70th St, New York, NY, 1002, USA.

Purpose: To report a case of keratoglobus in a patient with autosomal recessive (AR) cutis laxa.

Observations: A 38 year old male presented with decreased vision in both eyes uncorrectable with spectacles and a history of corneal rupture in the left eye from incidental trauma a decade prior. His ocular exam was consistent with keratoglobus.

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Axial Globe Position Measurement: A Prospective Multicenter Study by the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society.

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg

August 2016

*West Virginia University Eye Institute, West Virginia University Department of Ophthalmology, †West Virginia University Department of Biostatistics, ‡West Virginia University Department of Radiology, Morgantown, West Virginia; §David and Ilene Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Department of Ophthalmology, Rochester, New York; ‖Harvard University Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; ¶Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore; #Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy; **Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO; ††Texas Oculoplastic Consultants, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.; ‡‡Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England; §§Consultores Oftalmológicos, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ‖‖Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy; and ¶¶Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Department of Ophthalmology, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Purpose: Identify a reproducible measure of axial globe position (AGP) for multicenter studies on patients with thyroid eye disease (TED).

Methods: This is a prospective, international, multicenter, observational study in which 3 types of AGP evaluation were examined: radiologic, clinical, and photographic. In this study, CT was the modality to which all other methods were compared.

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