INTRODUCTION Rhinosporidiosis may mimic a burst chalazion or a simple conjunctival polyp. OBJECTIVE To study the demography, histopathological evaluation, treatment modalities, their outcomes and recurrence rates in patients clinically and histopathologically diagnosed as ocular and adnexal rhinosporidiosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study was conducted in the Department of Orbit, Oculoplast...

although ancient greek physicians studied a great number of ocular diseases in their medical texts such as glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, chalazion, trichiasis, entropion, ectropion and pterygion, in ancient greek art there were only few examples which represent ophthalmic diseases. these examples are found especially in portraits, and the ophthalmological disease is an important feature of the ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the key literature and our research experience regarding Demodex infestation as a potential cause of ocular inflammatory diseases with a special emphasis on Demodex blepharitis. RECENT FINDINGS Two distinct Demodex species have been confirmed as a cause of blepharitis: Demodex folliculorum can cause anterior blepharitis associated with disorders of eyelashes, an...

Purpose:To study the ocular pathology of hyperopic patients presenting to tertiary health care centre. Methods: This was a retrospective observational that involved 60 eyes 30 with hypermetropia complaining diminution vision asthenopic symptoms like tiredness eyes, frontal or frontotemporal headache, watering and mild photophobia. There were three groups based on criteria age, i.e, <20 years...

Ocular sebaceous gland carcinoma (SGC) is a relatively rare, slow growing, but most aggressive and life-threatening tumor. It accounts for around 1% of all cutaneous malignancies. In Caucasians, SGCs are rare accounting 1-5.5% eyelid malignancies with high incidence rate (28-60%) reported in the Asian population. no obvious etiology has been identified few cases associated Muir-Torre syndrome. ...

To cite: Kwok SK, Chan TCY. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016215025 DESCRIPTION An 11-year-old girl presented with mild right upper lid swelling for 2 weeks, associated with mild inflammation. She was treated with topical antibiotics as a case of chalazion by her family physician. Unfortunately, the problem failed to respond to treatment and blo...

PATHoGEnEsis Anterior blepharitis is oft en associated with excessive bacterial growth on the lid margins. Th e microbes involved are typically the same species that normally reside there, including Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus.2 While questions remain about the role(s) of bacteria in blepharitis, it appears that toxic exoenzymes produced by the colonizing species—partic...