OBJECTIVE: To report a case of pleomorphic adenoma that was surgically removed and to describe the surgical technique available remove this lesion. CASE REPORT: A male patient, caucasian, 46 years old, with 4-year history adenoma. He mentioned he went other services for treatment, but without success. came at our service treatment tumoral excision. Local anesthesia performed mepivacaine vasocon...

PURPOSE The aim was to investigate the effect of low dose doxycycline (20 mg) therapy in patients with chronic meibomian gland dysfunction that were refractory to conventional therapy. METHODS The randomized prospective study enrolled 150 patients (300 eyes) who have chronic meibomian gland dysfunction and who didn't respond to lid hygiene and topical therapy for more than 2 months. All topic...

PURPOSE Dry eye disease is a common condition associated with age-related meibomian gland dysfunction (ARMGD). We have previously shown that ARMGD occurs in old mice, similar to that observed in human patients with MGD. To begin to understand the mechanism underlying ARMGD, we generated transcriptome profiles of eyelids excised from young and old mice of both sexes. METHODS Male and female C5...

Purpose: The established methods for observing the morghnl-og;i nF the teer film a=~ based on ;nierfrrenc~ techniques. Since interference patterns are visible only in e pathologically thickened tear film, these techniques are not useful for the physiological tear film morphology. Methods: A ne;.approach is Brewster Angle Microscopy n-which allows the studv of ultra-thin films. In ophthalmology ...

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is widespread and has significant impact on patients' quality of life. Eyelid hygiene is the mainstay of treatment but is unstandardized and requires commitment from the patient and encouragement from the ophthalmologist. Blephasteam(®) is an eyelid warming device designed to be an easy-to-use and standardized treatment for MGD. In the present study, 73 patient...

the coexistence of medullary thyroid carcinoma (mtc), papillary thyroid carcinoma (ptc) and parathyroid adenoma is an uncommon clinical entity. here, we report a case of mtc, ptc, and parathyroid adenoma diagnosed incidentally on a routine physical examination of the neck for the work-up of diabetes. the patient had neither symptoms of hypercalcemia nor those related to mtc and ptc.