Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting

Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting

OBJECTIVES In this case report, we present a patient with ocular tuberculosis presenting with progressive unilateral corneal melting. PATIENT A 47-year-old female was admitted with melting at the inferior half of the peripheral cornea and inferior subconjunctival nodules. Biopsy material of the nodules was negative for tuberculosis bacillus. However, polymerase chain reaction of the biopsy sa...

A case of chronic ocular irritation associated with progressive corneal opacification.

Successful Surgical Management of Bilateral Corneal Melting in Severe Ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease

Localized eczema herpeticum with unilateral ocular involvement.

We report a case of eczema herpeticum with unilateral ocular involvement in a 16-year-old boy. The patient has had a mild form of atopic dermatitis (AD) since early childhood. Why AD patients are prone to herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections is still unclear. Ocular pathologic findings in these cases are rarely reported.

Effect of unilateral congenital cataract surgery on ocular axial length growth and corneal flattening.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to study the effect of unilateral congenital cataract surgery on ocular growth and corneal flattening. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study of 59 patients operated on due to a unilateral congenital cataract. The median age of the patients at the time of diagnosis was 17 months (interquartile range, 5-39 months). The median age at cataract the time of su...