PURPOSE To evaluate plasma pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO), and investigate the possibility of its role as a predictive biomarker. METHODS Nested case-control study. The study included 57 patients with RVO and 45 age- and gender-matched subjects without RVO as controls. Plasma PTX3 and C-reactive protein concentration were measured in both groups a posteriori ...

PURPOSE To determine plasma homocysteine and cysteine levels in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and in healthy subjects and to ascertain whether there are statistically significant differences between patients and control subjects. METHODS In this case-control study, the study group consisted of 75 consecutive patients with RVO: 33 had central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), and 42 ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the incidence of chorioretinal anastomosis after radial optic neurotomy and to determine its effect on visual acuity and foveal thickness in patients with central retinal vein occlusion. METHODS We conducted a prospective, uncontrolled, interventional study of 14 patients with preoperative visual acuities below 20/125. Pars plana vitrectomy and radial optic neurotomy we...

The intraocular pressure of 59 patients with retinal vein occlusion was studied. Central retinal vein occlusion (CVO) was diagnosed in 24 patients and branch retinal vein occlusion (BVO) was diagnosed in the rest. The intraocular pressure of a sex and age matched group of controls was also studied for comparison. The intraocular pressure in the CVO group were significantly different from those ...

Optical coherence tomography is a non-invasive and repeatable imaging method of posterior segment the eye used in medical practice. Hyperreflective dots visible OCT scans have been reported various retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic edema, vein occlusion central serous chorioretinopathy. In future, HRDs may become useful biomarker making treatment decision monit...

Seventeen patients with central retinal vein occlusion aged 40 or under were reviewed. Ocular involvement was characteristically unilateral, with moderate degrees of retinal haemorrhage, little retinal ischaemia, and a tendency to optic disc swelling. Visual prognosis was good. Follow-up showed that most patients have good general health and no involvement of the fellow eye. There was little ev...

CLINIC CASE Two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with vision loss, and were diagnosed with retinal vasculopathy. Patient 1 had occlusive vasculitis with macular oedema and retinal ischaemia in the right eye. Corticosteroid therapy was increased and intravenous rituximab added. Intravitreal therapy and panretinal photocoagulation were performed. Patient 2 presented with a lef...

purpose: to evaluate the visual and anatomical outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy and indocyanine green (icg) assisted internal limiting membrane (ilm) peeling in fresh central retinal vein occlusion (crvo) with primary low vision. methods: in a prospective interventional case series, 15 eyes of 15 patients with fresh crvo (less than 3 months’ duration) and presenting best-corrected visual acuit...