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Bilateral asteroid hyalosis revealing a blood imbalance
Asteroid hyalosis is an age related vitreous degeneration of unknown etiology, usually described to be unilateral. It's characterized by aggregation of calcium soaps in vitreous body. This benign condition has been reported to be frequently associated to many systemic disorders including diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, atherosclerotic vascular disease, hypercholesterolemia an...
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A 56 years old man was admitted to the ophthalmology department for low visual acuity since his 45 years old with no amelioration after optic correction. The physical exam found visual acuity at 1/10 on the right eye and 9/10 on the left one, clear cornea, intraocular pressure at 14 mmhg on both eyes, the fundus of the right eye showed multiple yellow mobile vitreous particles that are absent o...
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A patient with retinitis pigmentosa showed visual disturbances following successful cataract surgery. He had a dense asteroid hyalosis in the eye before cataract surgery. After the surgery he noticed that his vision became worse. The visual disturbance was explained as being caused by the progression of retinal degeneration. Although the electroretinogram was non-recordable, the degeneration of...
متن کاملAxial Length Measurement in Asteroid Hyalosis: Comparing Laser Interferometry and Ultrasound A-scan
© 2009 by the Iranian Society of Ophthalmology Published by Otagh-e-Chap Inc. 29 Purpose: To compare laser interferometry (LI) and ultrasound A-scan in measurement of axial length (AL) in eyes with asteroid hyalosis Methods: Twenty three patients with unilateral moderate to severe asteroid hyalosis determined by B-scan ultrasonography images participated in the study. The AL measurements were o...
متن کاملCase of asteroid hyalosis that developed severely reduced vision after cataract surgery
BACKGROUND To report our findings in a patient with asteroid hyalosis (AH) who had a severe reduction of his visual acuity following cataract surgery. The vision was improved by vitreous surgery. CASE PRESENTATION The patient was an 81-year-old man. Following cataract surgery on his left eye, his decimal best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was markedly reduced from 0.2 to 0.02. A large number...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcz029