A 7-year-old Afghani girl was referred to the retina clinic of Massachusetts Eye and Ear for a chronic-appearing, macula-off retinal detachment in the left eye. On examination, best-corrected visual acuity was 20/400 in the right eye and 20/800 in the left eye. She had bilateral horizontal nystagmus. Ophthalmoscopy revealed prominent choroidal vessels, chorioretinal atrophy in the macular area,...

AIM To evaluate histomorphometrically the optic nerve head in highly myopic eyes with absolute secondary angle closure glaucoma. METHODS Optic disc sections of 16 highly myopic eyes with an axial length of more than 26 mm and of 19 eyes with an axial length of less than 26 mm were histomorphometrically evaluated. All eyes had been enucleated due to painful absolute secondary angle closure gla...

The following case report describes a 1-year-old female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) with bilateral blindness and unresponsive pupils. For comparison, a second healthy 2.5-year-old male cheetah without visual deficits was also examined. Clinical examination of both animals included biomicroscopy, indirect ophthalmoscopy, tonometry, and electroretinography. The young female cheetah showed no menac...

PURPOSE To report a case of diabetic macular edema with prominent chorioretinal folds. CASE REPORT This study involved a 55-year-old male with untreated bilateral diabetic retinopathy who had undergone cataract surgery at another clinic. Following that surgery, diabetic macular edema rapidly exacerbated, accentuating marked cystoid macular edema and radial chorioretinal folds in the macula. I...

Abetalipoproteinemia is a rare autosoma1 recessive disorder characterized by the absence of apolipoprotein B.' It is caused by mutations of the microsomal triglyceridetransfer protein gene.' Ocular manifestations include retinitis pigmentosa-like changes, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, cataracts, anisocoria, and angioid ~treaks.~ Helicoid peripapillary chorioretinal degeneration (HPCD) is ...

this study is a case report of bilateral perivascular chorioretinal lesions associated with bartonella henselae. a 37-year-old woman presented with headache and blurred vision in both eyes aggravating occasionally during five years. she was otherwise healthy, with best-corrected visual acuities were 20/20 in both eyes. history of close contact with cats was more than merely eye-catching upon ex...

Medical records of a 46‐year‐old woman with bilateral myopia, gyrate atrophy, and history of night blindness were reviewed. The patient underwent macular hole surgery in the left eye 3 years back. The surgery consisted of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), induction of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, and fluid‐air exchange. She had serum ornithine level ...