Intraocular or orbital foreign bodies when small due to trivial trauma often go unnoticed missed during examination especially a wooden body. They can present as non-healing wounds and discharging fistulas with signs of chronic inflammation, cellulitis, body granuloma ocular complications such corneal scars, traumatic cataract, hyphema, glaucoma, retinal tear detachment. This case report highli...

PURPOSE To report the prevalence of postoperative retinal tear or rhegmatogenous retinal detachment secondary to intravitreal injections. METHODS Surgical and medical records of patients who received intravitreal injections at the practice of a single retina specialist from January 2004 to May 2013 and who were followed for at least 6 months were investigated retrospectively. RESULTS During...

PURPOSE To determine if oral anticoagulation alters the association between vitreous hemorrhage (VH) and retinal tears in eyes with acute, posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). METHODS In this retrospective chart review, the complete records of consecutive patients with spontaneous, symptomatic acute PVD from a single referral-based practice were reviewed. The use of oral anticoagulants, the p...

purpose: to evaluate tear film status and refractive conditions during and one month after treatment of acne vulgaris with isotretinoin (accutane). methods: this prospective study was performed on 26 eyes of 13 known cases of acne vulgaris. all cases were referred by a dermatologist and were candidates for low dose isotretinoin (0.5 mg/kg). full anterior and posterior segment examination and ob...

A 21-year-old woman developed simultaneous rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in both eyes. She underwent pars plana vitrectomy surgery combined with endolaser photocoagulation and silicone oil tamponade in the right eye. A week later, pneumatic retinopexy was done in the left eye. As the retinal tear did not seal, 360° scleral buckling surgery was perf...

Author’s address: Prof. Dr. A. Hagedoorn, Oogheelkundige Kliniek van het Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Firstly, I should like to show you a preparation of the retina and eye of a patient with a horseshoe tear of the retina followed by a recent detachment of the retina. Unfortunately, the patient died shortly after a scleral resectio...