background and objective: the frequency and pattern of eye neoplasms differ in various geographic areas. our aim was to determine the distribution of patient age, gender, ocular tumor origin, location and histological type in our region. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, all of the 384 eye globe enucleation cases carried out during a 10-year period in farabi medical center i...

A clinical case of retinovasculitis with coronavirus infection COVID-19 involving a female patient in the late stage HIV is reported. The had no antiretroviral therapy. Clinical features eye changes, their severity and dynamics influenced by ophthalmic therapy were revealed. relationship between course state immunodeficiency causes was found. As result long disease duration complications, died.

Introduction: Adie’s tonic pupil is a neuro ophthalmological disorder characterized by dilated pupil, which unresponsive to light. It caused damage postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic innervation eye. Recent events coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had suggested that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection (SARS-CoV-2) neurotropic and neuroinvasive capabili...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, 480-520 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B or C virus. In addition to their effects in the liver, chronic hepatitis viral infections may have serious extra hepatic manifestations. These manifestations have been more widely studied in chronic HCV infection, where they are more frequently described, but they have been also reported chronic HBV infection...

The inflammatory response to acute ocular herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection in mice involves the innate and adaptive immune response, with an associated increase in the secretion of chemokines, including CXCL10 (interferon-inducible protein 10 kDa [IP-10]). Neutralizing antibodies to mouse CXCL10 were used to determine the role of CXCL10 during the acute phase of HSV-1 ocular infect...

BACKGROUND Syphilis is a multisystem bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum. The incidence of infection in the United States has risen by more than 75% since the year 2000, when it was at a low of 2.1 per 100,000 people. Ocular involvement may occur in any stage of infection and may present in a variety of ways, with posterior uveitis being the most common manifestation. We report a c...

purpose : acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) is a sight-threatening corneal infection with a rapidly increased incidence since 1990s along with the growing popularity of contact lenses. in this study we aimed to study patients with ak and its associated risk factors in farabi eye hospital of tehran, focusing on those with more severe corneal involvement. methods : patients with clinical or laboratory ...

Toxoplasmosis is a major and preventable cause of severe visual handicap blindness among young people. More specifically, retinochoroiditis (TRC) caused by Toxoplasma gondii rare but serious manifestation toxoplasma infection. There are only two probable means acquiring the disease, through congenital route acquired. In Philippines, there few reported cases studies about TRC in human population...

The connection between Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection and eye diseases has been increasingly reported in the literature and in active research. The implication of this bacterium in chronic eye diseases, such as blepharitis, glaucoma, central serous chorioretinopathy and others, has been hypothesized. Although the mechanisms by which this association occurs are currently unknown, this review...

Neonatal chlamydial eye infection was detected in 39 cases of 281 infants with purulent conjunctivitis seen at the Department of Ophthalmology. Most cases of neonatal chlamydial eye infection (90%) were detected during the first month of life, and no case was found after 2 months of age. C. trachomatis was not isolated from any of 161 healthy control infants at 3-4 weeks of age. Genital chlamyd...