background: demodex is a genus of mites living predominantly in mammalian pilosebaceous units. they are commonly detected in the skin of face, with increasing numbers in inflammatory lesions. causation between demodex mites and inflammatory diseases, such as rosacea, blepharitis, perioral and seborrhoeic dermatitis or chalazion, is controversially discussed. clinical observations indicate a pri...

BACKGROUND Residency training is the basis of good clinical and surgical practice. PURPOSE The aim is to know the demographics, training experience, and perception of young ophthalmologists to improve the present residency programs in India. SETTING Young ophthalmologists trained in India. METHODS A survey was conducted by the Academic and Research Committee of the All India Ophthalmology...

Introduction: Granulomatous lesions comprise a large family of disorders sharing a common histological denominator of formation of granulomas, either immune or non-immune category with tuberculosis being the most common cause in our country. Aims and Objectives: To study the spectrum of granulomatous lesions in a tertiary care hospital, to categorise tuberculous versus non-tuberculous causes an...

BACKGROUND Infestation by Demodex spp. in the palpebral edge follicles in humans is common. However, these mites are not routinely diagnosed in patients with or without ocular pathologies in Chile and their relevance is unclear. One of the eye diseases most related to infestation by Demodex spp. is blepharitis, a chronic inflammation of the eyelid margin with intermittent exacerbations, which i...

Cutaneous horns are relatively rare benign tumors which occur most frequently on sun exposed skin and develop on various types of underlying skin lesions: benign, premalignant and malignant. The treatment of choice consists in the surgical excision of the lesion to healthy tissue. The histopathological examination is mandatory in order to establish the nature of the lesion, on which the cutaneo...

Clinical Features (Fig. 1, overleaf) The condition appears to be asymptomatic and presents as a chance clinical finding. The corneal lesions are round, discrete dense opacities 0 5 mm. or less in diameter. They lie at the level of Bowman's membrane and usually extend just into the superficial stroma. The typical lesion has a striking white or creamy, rather porous-looking centre, and this is su...

Mike Fitzpatrick is correct. The perverse truth is that inequity is a necessary precondition for choice to be meaningful. The choice evangelists try to repel their critics by quietly conflating consumer choice with moral choice and rights talk. It is important, therefore, to distinguish between consumerism (the preoccupation with, and increase in, consumption), and moral choice (the patient’s i...

Purpose: To d eterm ine the p attern and p revalence of other ocu lar p roblem s seen in p atients w ith refractive errors in a N igerian teaching hosp ital. Methods: A retrosp ective hosp ital-based review of all consecu tive p atients w ho p resented w ith signs and sym p tom s of refractive errors at the Obafem i Aw olow o University Teaching H osp itals Com p lex betw een 1 Janu ary 2007 an...