Dear Editor, Endogenous Klebsiella endophthalmitis (KE) is usually fulminant and associated with high rates of evisceration and enucleation [1]. This report describes the first case of a patient with bilateral hemorrhagic occlusive vasculitis mimicking branch retinal artery occlusion as a complication of nephrogenic KE. A 50-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus was transfer...

PURPOSE To evaluate the contribution of toxins to the severity of Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis. METHODS Experimental endophthalmitis was established by injecting rabbit eyes with wild type S. aureus ISP479 and the isogenic attenuated strain, ISP546, defective in expression of the global regulator locus agr. agr regulates expression of at least 19 exoproteins that are potentially impo...

Abstract Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) can occur even the presence of high CD 4 counts and behave differently when compared to CMV human immunodeficiency (HIV) patients. It, therefore, becomes important understand its varied presentations challenges management these cases. The aim this study was analyse various patterns outcomes Retinit...

IMPORTANCE Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common subtype of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and may rarely infiltrate the ocular structures. Ophthalmic findings in MF can be highly variable. The most commonly involved ocular tissue is the eyelid skin, but intraocular involvement can be seen in patients with extensive systemic disease. To our knowledge, an isolated eyelid mass as an initial manife...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this case report is to present a novel cause of crystalline maculopathy. FINDINGS A 52-year-old Japanese female presented with a 4-month history of decreased vision in the left eye. Best corrected visual acuity in the left eye was 20/40. Dilated fundus examination of the right eye was unremarkable, but that of the left eye demonstrated foveal yellow-green intraretina...

PURPOSE To examine retrospectively the visual outcomes in patients undergoing vitrectomy for epiretinal membranes secondary to sarcoid uveitis. METHODS Eleven consecutive patients (11 eyes) with epiretinal membrane and uveitis associated with sarcoidosis underwent pars plana vitrectomy. RESULTS Nine eyes (82%) gained two or more lines of Snellen visual acuity at 1-12 months after surgery. H...

BACKGROUND Literature reports on ophthalmological manifestations related to tularemia, a zoonose caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, largely refer to Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome, which consists of the association of conjunctivitis with preauricular lymphadenitis. In this paper, we report a case of intraocular inflammation during tularemia infection. CASE PRESENTATION A 52-y...

A 22-year-old Malay female presented with left eye floaters for 2 weeks, associated with temporal visual field defect and metamorphopsia for 3 days. She has a guinea pig and a hedgehog at home, but denied being bitten or scratched by them. Her visual acuity at presentation was 6/12 on the left eye and 6/6 on the right eye. Her left eye relative afferent pupillary defect was barely positive with...

During the period 1980-6 102 patients from 14 European eye clinics were diagnosed as having birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR). All were Caucasian, and the series consisted of 47 men and 55 women, with a mean age of 52.5 years. The major findings in this rare disorder concern the ocular fundus. Most marked are the patterned distribution of depigmented spots without hyperpigmentation, radiation f...

BACKGROUND Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy is an unusual, self-limited, inflammatory disease that affects the choriocapillaris, and external retinal layers. CLINICAL CASE A 26 year-old male patient complained of decreased visual acuity, as well as photopsia in both eyes for the past three days. Best corrected visual acuity was 20/200 in the right eye and 20/80 in the...