Herein, we report a case of nasal natural killer T-cell lymphoma (NKTL) with intraocular involvement. A 57-year-old woman was referred due to a three-day history of photophobia and diplopia in the left eye. One-month previously, she was diagnosed with nasal NKTL of the right nasal cavity. Ophthalmic examination revealed conjunctival injection and ptosis. The left pupil was fully dilated and non...

CLINICAL CASE A 32-year-old male, with colon cancer stage IV, resistant to chemotherapy, was referred to our department due to palpebral oedema, conjunctival chemosis, severe exophthalmos, complete ptosis in left eye, and limitation in eye movements, mainly in abduction and supraversion. In the orbital MR scan we observed two nodular lesions in the left orbital, with involvement of the superior...

PURPOSE This study investigated rabbit conjunctival and corneal epithelial cells to determine if they belong to two separate lineages. METHODS Rabbit corneal, limbal, and conjunctival epithelial cells were isolated and grown in Dulbecco's minimum essential media and 20% fetal bovine serum in the presence of mitomycin-treated 3T3 feeder cells. After reaching 80% confluence, 3T3 feeder cells an...

PURPOSE To report a case of orbital metastasis from scapular bone osteosarcoma. CASE REPORT A 55-year-old man who was a known case of scapular bone osteosarcoma, was referred to our clinic with ocular symptoms including acute painful decreased vision, proptosis, conjunctival injection, and chemosis. He had undergone surgical excision of the original tumor and received systemic chemotherapy 4 ...

Case I, a 25-year-old male (Fig. I), had a left proptosis which had developed slowly during the past 3 years. The right eye was normal, and the visual acuity 6/6. The left eye showed conjunctival chemosis, inward proptosis of 26 mm. (Hertel), and limitation of ocular movements downwards and outwards. The visual acuity was 6/I2. The fundus showed engorgement of the retinal vessels. A hard mass w...

Purpose: To report the surgical outcome of traumatic blow out fractures of the floor of the orbit. Materials and methods: Five patients who sustained orbital floor blowout fracture following trauma underwent surgical repair via trans-conjunctival or subciliary approaches. One patient had sustained bilateral blowout fracture. Three patients presented with symptoms early following the fracture wi...

The epithelial implantation cysts are rare complications of orbital trauma or surgery. They arise due to tissue manipulation during surgery secondary delivery cells deeper areas. We hereby present a case cyst in an elderly gentleman who became symptomatic with progressive diplopia and proptosis following cranio-orbital trauma. Histopathologic assessment showed lined by respiratory epithelium. T...