OBJECTIVES Combined complex I+IV deficiency has rarely been reported to manifest with the involvement of the respiratory muscles. CASE REPORT A 45y male was admitted for hypercapnia due to muscular respiratory insufficiency. He required intubation and mechanical ventilation. He had a previous history of ophthalmoparesis since age 6y, ptosis since age 23y, and anterocollis since at least age 4...

An objective visual field can be mapped in terms of stimulus-induced eye movement. The authors used the scleral coil technique to record vergence and conjugate eye movements while stimulating different visual field locations with a 3 X 3 deg target whose image vergence was oscillated. For each of three subjects tested there was a visual field location where vergence eye movements were much weak...

In this study, we aimed to investigate the feasibility of directed differentiation of human amniotic epithelial cells into conjunctival epithelium under specific conditions as well as of constructing tissue-engineered conjunctiva for ocular surface reconstruction. Human amniotic epithelial cells were cultured with induced denuded conjunctival matrix and conjunctival homogenate. Immunohistochemi...

Glaucoma affected the ability to detect low-contrast, flickering patterns ('DRC' measurement). DRC patterns were foveally viewed, of low spatial frequency, and flickering at 8 hertz. Interocular comparisons were performed in control subjects, in ocular hypertensives, and in glaucoma patients with asymmetric damage. Interocular differences in DRC tended to be of greater magnitude in the glaucoma...

The unfortunate loss or absence of an eye may be caused by congenital defect , irreparable trauma, tumor or blind eye. The role of the maxillofacial prosthodontist in fabricating an ocular prosthesis to restore facial symmetry and normal appearance for the anophthalmic patient becomes essential. A custom-made ocular prosthesis is an excellent alternative for the people who lose their eye especi...

The development of clinical and histopathologic manifestations of a diffuse elastic tissue defect, resembling inherited pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), has been encountered with a notable frequency in patients with thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and sickle thalassemia. The PXE-like clinical syndrome, consisting of skin, ocular, and vascular manifestations, has a variable severity in these he...

Corresponding authorDr. Kavita Paul,Department of Medicine,GGS Medical College and Hospital,Faridkot, 151203, Punjab, India.Email: [email protected] This article may be cited as:Paul K,Kazal HL,Bairwa NK,Verma s. Marfan syndrome a rare genetic disorder: A case report 2016;2(1):33-6 Article Recieved On: 10-2-16 Accepted On: 19-3-2016 NTRODUCTION Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a spectrum disorder ...

AIM To evaluate the learning effect of Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimetry using the Humphrey Matrix-FDT perimetry (Matrix) 24-2 full-threshold program on patients with ocular hypertension experienced with standard automated perimetry. METHODS Twenty-four patients with ocular hypertension underwent 5 full-threshold Matrix tests at intervals of 5+/-2 days. Learning effect was defined...

The development of clinical and histopathologic manifestations of a diffuse elastic tissue defect, resembling inherited pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), has been encountered with a notable frequency in patients with beta thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and sickle thalassemia. The PXE-like clinical syndrome, consisting of skin, ocular, and vascular manifestations, has a variable severity in the...

ANEURYSMS occur more frequently within the cranium than elsewhere in the body, and most-75 to 85 per cent. according to Walsh (1964)-are situated on the anterior part of the circle of Willis. In this region they are closely related to the primary visual pathways and motor nerves to the eye. Extra-ocular muscle palsies are well recognized by ophthalmologists as indicative of such lesions, partic...