Pseudoexfoliation (PXF) syndrome is an age-related disease that is thought to be a systemic disorder in which hyaline material of an unknown etiology accumulates in the ocular tissue.1 The ocular manifestations involve all of the anterior segment, including conjunctiva and orbital structures. There is increasing evidence of an etiologic association between PXF and cataract formation. Glaucoma o...

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic multisystemic disorder affecting the skin, eyes and cardiovascular system. Basic fundoscopic findings in PXE result from Bruch's membrane involvement. The most important fundoscopic findings are angioid streaks. Other significant ocular findings are peau d'orange appearance, optic disc drusen, pattern dystrophy-like macular appearance, comet lesions, ...

Visual loss is a common symptom in neurologic emergencies. Although ocular causes of visual loss are usually identifi ed by eye care specialists, many patients appear in an emergency department or a neurologist’s offi ce when the ocular examination is normal or when it suggests a neurologic disorder. Indeed, many causes of monocular or binocular acute visual loss may reveal or precede a neurolo...

Brown syndrome is known as limited elevation of the affected eye during adduction. It is caused by a disorder of the superior oblique tendon, which makes it difficult for the eyeball to look upward, especially during adduction. It is classified into congenital true sheath Brown syndrome and acquired simulated Brown syndrome. Acquired simulated Brown syndrome can be caused by trauma, infection, ...

Alagille syndrome is an inherited multisystem disorder of autosomal dominant transmission. Its prevalence estimated at 1 per 70,000 to 100,000 live births. We report the case a young patient suffering from who consulted center diagnosis and dental treatment Rabat - MOROCCO (CCTD). The general manifestations are facial dysmorphia, hepatic, cardiac, ocular disorders. Hepatic cholestasis causes or...

Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in the uveal tract participate in ocular immunity including immune homeostasis and the pathogenesis of uveitis. In horses, although uveitis is the most common ocular disorder, little is known about ocular immunity, such as the distribution of APCs. In this study, we investigated the distribution of CD163-positive and MHC II-positive cells in the normal equine uve...

OBJECTIVE To verify the existence of ocular diseases in the first 48 hours of life of newborns and relate it to the clinical suspicious of pediatricians. METHODS A prospective study was performed. All infants that were born between July and December of 2000 were evaluated in the nursery of Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba (HUEC). Six hundred sixty-seven newborns were evaluated th...

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by different serotypes of human adenoviruses is an explosive and highly contagious ocular surface infection. This is the case of a young ophthalmologist who presented a filamentary keratitis complicating an adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis. Filamentary keratitis is a chronic and debilitating disorder related to dry eye syndrome. Patients with filamentary kera...

THE earliest sign in progressive muscular dystrophy of involvement of the extraocular muscles is usually a bilateral ptosis which is followed by slowly progressing immobility of the eyes. The central nervous system as well as the skeletal muscles may be affected. Furthermore, heart disorders have been reported. At present, the disorder is attributed to progressive dystrophy of the extra-ocular ...

Osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterised by early-onset osteoporosis and congenitalor juvenile-onset blindness. The combination of multiple osteoporotic fractures and blindness suggests a clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome. The main ocular manifestations include microphthalmia, anterior segment anomalies, cataract, vitreoreti...