Phialemonium keratitis is a very rare case and we encountered a case of keratitis caused by Phialemonium obovatum (P. obovatum) after penetrating injury to the cornea. This is the first case report in the existing literature. A 54-year-old male was referred to us after a penetration injury, and prompt primary closure was performed. Two weeks after surgery, an epithelial defect and stromal melti...

PURPOSE To report the clinical, microbiologic, confocal scan and histopathologic features of Aspergillus flavus keratitis which developed immediately after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). CASE REPORT A 28-year-old woman underwent DALK using the big-bubble technique for keratoconus. The operation was uneventful, yielding a bare Descemet's membrane (DM) followed by transplantation o...

Dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK), a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase, controls axon growth, apoptosis and neuron degeneration during neural development, as well as neurodegeneration after various insults to the adult nervous system. Interestingly, recent studies have also highlighted a role of DLK in promoting axon regeneration in diverse model systems. Invertebrates and vertebrat...

INTRODUCTION Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare, bilateral, diffuse granulomatous uveitis that usually occurs after open globe injury or intraocular surgery. METHODS A patient developed SO following therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) with cataract extraction in the exciting eye following fungal keratitis. The sympathizing eye presented with only posterior segment findings (exudativ...

A 43 year old HIV positive myopic man presented with a linear epithelial lesion of his right cornea and a visual acuity of 6/6. A longstanding retinal detachment in the left eye had resulted in a vision of count fingers (CF). Over the next three months, the patient’s visual acuity in his right eye dropped to CF. The case illustrates some typical difficulties involved in diagnosing Acanthamoeba ...

To the Editor: Several complications can occur after LASIK due to the creation of a non-physiological potential space, including epithelial ingrowth, diffuse lamellar keratitis, and infectious keratitis. Although some of these complications can be mild and not visually significant, others can be vision-threatening and require medical or surgical intervention. Treatment of complications after LA...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence and the type of flap complications in our initial series of eyes undergoing laser in situ keratomileusis and the impact of microkeratome-related complications on best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. METHODS We reviewed the charts of the 630 consecutive eyes operated in the Refractive Surgery Department of Cerrahpasa Medical School, University of Istanbul,...