Purpose: We report a case of neuroretinitis combined with external ophthalmoplegia in patient who developed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after administration SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.Case summary: A 26-year-old woman was on oral contraceptives diagnosed 1 month the first injection vaccine (BNT162b2, Pfizer-BioNTech). The levels factors 8 and 9 were elevated blood test. corrected visual acuities 0...

s of the Ophthalmic Literature Compiled by: Jacqueline Shimko, C.O. Cindy Pritchard, C.O. Candace Springer, C.O. Colleen Gallagher, C.O. Katherine Fray, C.O. Kyle Arnoldi, C.O. Wanda McFarlane, C.O. Ingrid Rocha-Gamba, C.O. Racquel Beneish, C.O. ABROMS AD, MOHNEY BG, RUSH DP, PARTKS MM, TONG PY: Timely surgery in intermittent and constant exotropia for superior sensory outcome: Am J Ophthalmol ...

Orbital apex syndrome is a rare manifestation of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus. Herein we report on a case of orbital apex syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus. A 75 year-old male complained of vision loss, conjunctival hyperemia and proptosis on the left eye, was referred to our clinic. Visual acuity was 5/10 Snellen lines and he had conjunctival hyperemia, chemosis, minimal nuclear c...

Painful ophthalmoplegia consists of periorbital or hemicranial pain with ipsilateral ocular motor nerve palsies. There are many etiologies of painful ophthalmoplegia. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is an uncommon disease caused by non-specific inflammation of the cavernous sinus, superior orbital fissure and the apex of the orbit. A 45-year-old female reported episodes of reversible left eye pain a...

The rare association of external ophthalmoplegia and ptosis with pigmentary degeneration of the retina was first described by Barnard and Scholz (I954) in a report of four cases. The subsequent literature was reviewed by Davidson (i960), 'who found that only eighteen cases had been described, and added one further case. Within this series he was able to define a relatively homogenous group of t...

Progressive external ophthalmoplegia is a common clinical feature in mitochondrial disease caused by nuclear DNA defects and single, large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions and is less frequently associated with point mutations of mitochondrial DNA. Peripheral neuropathy is also a frequent manifestation of mitochondrial disease, although its prevalence and characteristics varies considerably am...