PURPOSE To examine the intraocular distribution of bevacizumab at four weeks after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection and to investigate the effects of IVB on apelin and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) of monkey eyes. METHODS Direct laser coagulation was performed on all branch retinal veins in the right eyes of six Rhesus monkeys t...

purpose : to examine the safety and efficacy of simultaneous ahmed glaucoma valve (agv) implantation with intravitreal and intracameral injection of bevacizumab (ivb and icb) in patients with refractory acute neovascular glaucoma (nvg) with very high intraocular pressure (iop) and active neovascularization of the iris (nvi) and/or the angle (nva) methods : in a prospective interventional study,...

A 34-year-old female with Usher syndrome, but no family history of similar illness, presented with complaints of vision reduction, redness, and photophobia. Biomicroscopic examination showed mildly injected conjunctivae bilateral, small, round keratic precipitates; bilateral +2 cells with no flare reaction in the anterior chamber; and bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts. No associated pos...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of thermotherapy for retinoblastoma. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized analysis of the treatment method. PARTICIPANTS A total of 188 retinoblastomas in 80 eyes of 58 patients who were treated with thermotherapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Tumor response and ocular adverse effects. RESULTS Of 188 retinoblastomas treated with thermotherapy, mean tumor base was...

A healthy 12 month old infant without significant medical history presented with left eye redness for one week. Ophthalmic examination showed elevated intraocular pressure with iris neovascularization in the affected eye with increased optic nerve cupping. Scleral depression revealed a ciliary body mass in the supratemporal quadrant. A large, non-pigmented, vascular mass was noted; biopsy resul...

purpose: to report two cases of secondary epithelial iris cyst (seic) with pus-like precepitates in the cyst. patients and findings: two young men with history of penetrating trauma to the eye and primary repair developed secondary epithelial iris cyst several years later. slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed a large cyst originating from the site of the laceration. the cyst was filled with pus-lik...

abstract iris yellow spot virus (iysv) is one of the important pathogens of onion in reported countries. host range of this virus is very wide and transmitted by onion thrips (thrips tabaci). in survey that was conducted in summer 2006 in onion fields of mashhad, samples with viral symptoms and high population of thrips have been collected. since the symptoms were similar to iysv, special antis...

E yes with small pupils present a challenge to cataract surgeons. A pupil that fails to dilate can obscure visualization during all stages of phacoemulsification, making surgery more difficult and increasing the incidence of complications such as nucleus drop, vitreous prolapse, and iris tear. Inadequate pupil dilation is often seen in patients with a history of use of miotic agents, chronic uv...

the authors describe case history of three patients who one-side progressive atrophy of the iris. two of these'cases became later a glaucoma which could' not' be treated' even surgidily. third patient' had a betercebromi of the same side. the authors. discuss t4e different theories for the pathogenesi the pl:imary. progl:lcssive att:phy the iris bu believe that sy~pathetic theory which is neare...