OBJECTIVES To clinically evaluate topical mitomycin chemotherapy in patients with diffuse, multifocal, or recurrent primary acquired melanosis with atypia and/or conjunctival malignant melanoma and to histopathologically study ocular tissue samples obtained before and after treatment. METHODS Chemotherapy with topical mitomycin, 0.04% 4 times daily, was administered for 28 days as the primary...

Three patients presented with orbital cysts lined with upper respiratory tract epithelium. In each case there was no evidence of an associated mucocele. Two patients had a past history of orbital trauma, and the third had had preceding sinus surgery. It is postulated that these cysts were caused by traumatic herniation of nasal sinus epithelium cells into the orbit.

T. J., a male Ceylon Tamil aged 15, was admitted to the General Hospital, Colombo, on April 29, 1952, on account of a tumour growing within the right orbit. The tumour had been noted when he was one year old and had been growing steadily larger, the sight of the right eye having been impaired for the last 7 years. Examination.-A soft, fluctuant, oval mass bulged forwards under the right upper e...

PURPOSE To evaluate the characteristics of patients with anophthalmic cavity who developed sphere extrusion. METHODS A retrospective observational study was done evaluating 37 patients with anophthalmic cavity and sphere extrusion at the "Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu-UNESP". RESULTS Extrusion was observed in enucleated and eviscerated cavities. The majority of the patients had the eye ...

Background: A pterygium, known as surfer's eye, is a raised, wedge-shaped growth of the conjunctiva that extends onto cornea, outer layer eye. Aim was to compare safety, efficacy and outcome suture less technique with conjunctival autograft in management pterygium. Methods: This study carried out department ophthalmology, Sir Salimullah medical college Mitford hospital, Dhaka. Study period July...

RATIONALE Conjunctival lymphoproliferative lesions constitute a significant diagnostic challenge and it is essential to exclude neoplastic lesions. Histopathological and immunohistochemical tests are very useful in establishing the correct diagnosis. Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) is part of a spectrum of lymphocytic infiltrative disorders. Evidence is scarce regarding appropriate treatmen...

Periocular tumors are common in infancy. The most common periocular tumors are capillary hemangiomas, which are present in 1-2% of newborns and develop in 10%-12% of children by the age of 1 year old. Deep capillary hemangiomas may be more challenging to diagnose than superficial capillary hemangiomas and can be confused with other orbital lesions. Deep orbital hemangiomas can mimic teratoma, l...