Twenty-two patients with Fuch's heterochromic cyclitis had a posterior chamber intraocular lens implanted after extracapsular cataract extraction. After a mean follow-up period of 2.5 years (range, 6 to 70 months) half the patients had a visual acuity of 1.0 or more. The results compare favourably with those in the general population.

A 55-year-old man presented with unilateral iridocyclitis and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in his right eye. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the iris of a patient of Zoster Sine Herpete. No symptoms or signs of herpes zoster like neuralgia or cutaneous eruptions on forehead were noted. His iridocyclitis was treated and responded well wi...

Dear Editor: The epidemic of Zika virus infection in Brazil has lead to the description of new complications and manifestations such as Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults and microcephaly in newborns. Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. It was first isolated and described in Africa, later spreading to Asia, Micronesia...

Notes mainly for the use of CMC, Christopher A. Fuchs, and Rüdiger Schack, although anyone is welcome to make use of the notes and even buy in, in whole or in part, if he/she finds the notes convincing. Not everything here is endorsed by Fuchs and Schack, but it is all part of a joint program aimed at producing a Bayesian synthesis. Fuchs, in particular, probably disagrees with every statement ...

Cogan’s Syndrome (CS) is a disease affecting young adults and consists of episodes of acute interstitial keratitis with vestibuloauditory dysfunction. This syndrome was originally described in 1945 by Cogan as a disorder of the eyes and ears, characterized by nonsyphilitic interstitial keratitis with deafness. Sporadic reports showing the development of vasculitis in patients with eye and ear d...

PURPOSE To report a case of lepromatous iridocyclitis that posed a diagnostic challenge. CASE REPORT A 50-yeasr-old male developed profound loss of vision in the right eye, while he was in the hospital with septicemia presenting with fever, dysuria, and abdominal swelling. He also developed erythema nodosum on the legs. Skin incisional biopsy section, upon dermatology consultation, showed a g...

BACKGROUND Intraocular tuberculosis is uncommon and has various clinical presentations. Lack of specific clinical clues can make the diagnosis challenging. The purpose of this study is to report a clinical presentation of tuberculous iridocyclitis that mimics phacolytic glaucoma and has a distinctive inflammatory deposit in the inner side of the cornea. This report is the first to describe the ...