A 61-year-old Caucasian male with severe plaque psoriasis without joint involvement was initiated on adalimumab therapy. Shortly thereafter he presented to the emergency room with acute loss of vision in the right eye. A comprehensive systemic workup was instituted which included magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without gadolinium of the brain and orbits. MRI revealed findings that wer...

AIM To compare the intraoperative difficulty and postoperative outcome in patients who have white mature cataract in one eye and other types of senile cataract in the other eye undergoing clear corneal phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens implantation. METHODS 82 patients who had white mature cataract in one eye, posterior subcapsular, cortical, nuclear, or mixed type cataract in...

The authors report the unusual observation discrete plaque like excrescencies along the retinal arterial wall in a young patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Though bilateral, in the right eye there was severe arteriolar narrowing and so these plaques were less identifiable. Fluorescein angiography did not reveal any arteriolar occlusion or areas of capillary occlusion in both eyes....

Airbags are a safety mechanism proven to be effective in reducing the severity and fatality of traffic accidents.1 Nevertheless, airbag deployment has induced multiple injuries; superficial abrasions, contusions, lacerations, and thermal and chemical burns are the most common.2-4 A 21-year-old man was seen by the dermatologist on duty for facial burns and eye injury secondary to the sudden depl...

Methods. This was a retrospective record review of all patients undergoing Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study– style brachytherapy at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2007. Institutional review board approval was obtained. Patients were identified by billing record search. Exclusion criteria included being younger than 18 years, ha...

background and aim. the toothbrush is the most widely used tooth-hygiene tool, and numerous designs have been manufactured, claiming superior plaque removal. this study aimed at comparing the efficacy of a tooth wipe to a manual toothbrush on reduction of microbial plaque. materials and methods. this crossover study was conducted on 30 subjects at two visits with one-week interval. before each ...

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...

background there is inconclusive evidence about the relationship between toothbrush wear and plaque removel. the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of new and 3 month-old toothbrush in the removal of dental plaque. material and methods in a randomized single blind clinical trial 63 students attended from awaz dental school. subjects were divided to three groups. plaque was score...

objective: although the most useful method to reduce mechanical dental plaque is brushing and flossing, but due to the lack of adequate effectiveness achieved by these methods, the use of other methods such as replacing sweeteners, including xylitol and sorbitol with sucrose in products such as chewing gums have come into the focus of attention. this research was done aimed at examine the effec...

objective bacterial adhesion is governed by specific and nonspecific interactions such as hydrophobicity. hydrophobic interactions play a role in the adherence of microorganisms to a wide variety of surfaces and facilitate biofilm formation due to bacterial adhesion. in this article the relation between cell surface hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance was studied. materials and methods we ...