PURPOSE To correlate fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns in choroidal melanocytic lesions with changes present on the surface of such lesions, including lipofuscin, hyperpigmentation, drusen, and fibrous metaplasia, and to describe the effect of treatment on FAF. METHODS Retrospective chart review of 23 consecutive patients with choroidal nevi and melanoma who underwent FAF photography. Th...

Choroidal tuberculomas are present in patients with ocular tuberculosis. They usually occur a patient previous history of tuberculosis, and rarely the initial presentation, no prior systemic manifestations. We unilateral choroidal tuberculoma as presentation presumed which enabled earlier initiation treatment. Unilateral an manifestation tuberculosis: case report

exudative retinal detachment (erd) may be seen with many ocular pathologies including malignancies. among malignant causes, metastases of breast and lung carcinoma are most common. a 50-year-old woman referred to our clinic with history of decreased visual acuity in her right eye since 3 months before referral. the visual acuity was counting fingers at 2 meters and 6/10 in the right and left ey...

purpose: to evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of surgical management of retinal detachments associated with choroidal colobomas methods: in this retrospective study, 31 eyes of 31 patients with coloboma-related retinal detachments enrolled. all the eyes underwent standard three-port pars plana vitrectomy with internal tamponade with nonheavy silicon oil in 24 (77.4%) or 20% sulfur...

Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV) is a vascular malformation of the choroid, comprising a network of branching vessels of varying sizes that produce aneurysmal-like enlargements. This disease is generally observed in the peripapillary area, and less commonly as an isolated macular lesion. Frequently, the IPCV vascular network is associated with multiple episodic serosanguineou...

A 61-year-old woman developed blurred vision in her left eye in December 2006. A clinical diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was made. The patient underwent excision of the left lens, followed by vitrectomy and stereotactic radiotherapy. She remained systemically healthy until 50 months later when, during a CT scan done for staging purposes, a newly visible lump was noted in the lower quadrant of ...

Purpose . Conduct extended analysis of cytokine status and its role in inflammatory processes uveal melanoma based on multiplex blood serum. Patients methods Immunological studies serum lacrimal fluid were performed 80 patients with 38 healthy donors (control group). The average age the surveyed was 53.7 ± 12.2 years. Group 1 included 32 small-sized choroidal (T1NoMo), group 2 consisted 26 medi...