OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence, ocular findings, and systemic associations of coloboma in a population-based cohort of children. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of pediatric (aged <19 years) patients diagnosed as having ocular coloboma from January 1, 1968, through December 31, 2007, as residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota. RESULTS Thirty-three children were n...

BACKGROUND To document the characteristics of syphilitic patients who present with ocular uveitis clinically and are diagnosed by an ophthalmologist first. METHODS Retrospective chart review of uveitis patients in the department of ophthalmology between 1992 and 2004 was done. We included only those patients with positive serologic tests, active ocular uveitis, and record of detailed examinat...

BACKGROUND Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) is a rare disorder characterized by unilateral facial atrophy affecting the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, and sometimes extending to the osteocartilaginous structures. Ocular involvement is relatively rare. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 23-year-old female caucasian patient with Parry Romberg syndrome and extensive ocular involvement: en...

purpose : primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid is a localized type of amyloidosis without evidence of systemic involvement, which is a quite rare clinical condition. here we report a case of primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid. case report : a 40-year-old woman presented with a four-month history of swelling of the left upper eyelid resulting in a mechanical ptosis. the mass had a firm b...

introduction: relapsing polychondritis is a rare autoimmune disorder which is associated with inflammation of the auricular and costochondral cartilages and may involve ocular tissue and laryngotracheobronchial tree in some occasions. this inflammatory destructive disease can potentially disrupt the structure, function and integration of cartilages. the common age of involvement is 40 to 60 yea...

Since May 2022, a global outbreak of human Mpox has rapidly spread in non-endemic countries. We report case 34-year-old man admitted to hospital for six-day history fever associated with vesiculo-pustular rash involving the face, limbs, trunk and perianal region, lymphadenopathy severe proctitis pharyngitis. He was HIV-positive virologically suppressed by stable antiretroviral therapy. On admis...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, late December and became a pandemic health problem worldwide. In this review, the current evidence related to ocular transmission of SARS-CoV-2 its common manifestations studied. According 7% 69.4% patients had at least an symptom following COVID-19. Ocular are bilateral or unilateral conjunctivitis, increased secretion, eye itching for...

In order to assess the systemic prognosis of children with leukaemic ocular involvement, 63 of 131 patients admitted to hospital with acute leukaemia were evaluated ophthalmically. A total of 28 of 63 showed ophthalmic involvement and were followed up for up to 84 months. Twenty seven of 28 patients (96.4%) died within 28 months after the onset of ocular involvement and within 83 months after t...

Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a systemic non-infectious granulomatous disorder which exhibits various specific and non-specific cutaneous manifestations. Erythema nodosum-like eruption is a rare specific lesion associated with sarcoidosis, which histologically shows noncaseating epithelioid granuloma. It is suggested that this type is frequently associated with ocular sarcoidosis. Main observati...