PURPOSE To investigate tumor thickness and location, the interval of time between treatment for choroidal melanoma (proton beam irradiation or enucleation) and diagnosis of metastatic disease, and rates and sites of metastasis. DESIGN Retrospective, interventional, noncomparative case series. METHODS Follow-up of 152 patients with primary choroidal melanoma, between 1992 and 2006 (14 years)...

The authors present a report of a 44-year-old female patient, with complaints of visual disturbances in the left eye. The symptoms were present for at least 5 years and worsened in the last 2 years, impairing her activities. The patient reported perception of a floating circle, which blurred her vision. There was no previous history of trauma, infectious or inflammatory disease. Clinical evalua...

PURPOSE To assess optical coherence tomography (OCT) for diagnosing posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) at the macular region compared to kinetic B-scan ultrasonography. METHODS In the present study, the authors prospectively investigated the frequency of PVD at the posterior pole utilizing ocular kinetic B-mode sonography in 315 eyes of 188 patients (113 female, 75 male; mean age, 72.8 years...

background: the diagnosis of toxocariasis heavily depends on immunological tests because the number of parasites is usually few in infected tissues, unless they migrate into an organ such as eye. in general, patients with ocular toxocariasis have serum anti- t canis antibody titres that are significantly lower than those with visceral toxocariasis. objective: to diagnose the asymptomatic toxoca...

Recent advances in reproductive medicine have created a demand for more accurate and safe imaging modalities before assisted reproductive treatment(ART) (1). Gradually, the important role of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography in the diagnosis of uterine congenital anomalies has been proved (2-4).

behçet’s disease (bd) is a multisystem disorder with potential ability to influence the pregnancy outcome and pregnancy is associated with several physiologic alterations which can lead to potential changes in the course of the disease. we studied 77 pregnancies in 69 women with bd. the disease activity was calculated by two methods for three periods of before, during and after pregnancy to eva...

introduction: patients with bilateral weakness (bw) have many difficulties in gaze stability that interfere with their normal function. the aim of this study was to evaluate ocular motor functions in patients with bw to better understand the problem of gaze instability in these patients.   materials and methods: patients were referred from the otolaryngology department for vestibular assessment...

Congenital simple hamartoma of retinal pigment epithelium (CSHRPE) is a rare, asymptomatic, and incidentally detected benign lesion. However, it is very important to do the differential diagnosis from other pigmented retinal lesions. Its clinical presentation and imaging findings are very helpful in doing this differentiation. This paper presents clinical and imaging findings of a 56-year-old w...

We present a case of topiramate-induced angle-closure glaucoma that was treated with cycloplegia. A 40-yearold woman with a history of migraine presented with bilateral acute onset of blurred vision and headache. She had been prescribed 50 mg of oral topiramate bid for migraine prophylaxis 10 days prior to her presentation. On her ocular examination visual acuity was 20/20 with a myopic correct...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Asian patients with cerebrovascular diseases have more intracranial atherosclerosis and less extracranial carotid artery stenosis compared with white patients. We systemically evaluated the distribution of carotid arterial lesions in Chinese patients with transient monocular blindness (TMB), which was rarely reported. METHODS We prospectively evaluated 105 consecutive p...