PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of new treatments with liquid nitrogen cryotherapy on some external eye conditions. METHODS In this retrospective case study, 6 separate series from a single tertiary care referral center practice are described. Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy was used to treat conjunctival amyloidosis, primary pterygia, recurrent pterygia, advancing wavelike epitheliopathy (AWLE),...

Localized nasal, conjunctival and corneal amyloidosis was diagnosed in a 15-year-old pony with nasal and conjunctival masses and severe dyspnoea. Multiple swellings had been evident in the nostrils for at least two years and had gradually increased in size before presentation due to dyspnoea and exercise intolerance. Surgical debulking of the masses was performed and histological examination re...

Amyloidosis of the eyelid is uncommon and is typically associated with systemic associations. In contrast, amyloidosis of the conjunctiva is often localised with no other associations. We present a rare case of a 92-year-old gentleman with both cutaneous lid lesions and conjunctival amyloid with no systemic involvement. Biopsy demonstrated the hallmarks of amyloid and treatment has remained con...

Purpose: We report a young patient with unilateral eyelid swelling secondary to local, palpebral conjunctival amyloidosis.Case summary: A 31-year-old male was referred 6-month history of mild, right upper but without redness or tenderness. Slit-lamp examination revealed diffuse hemorrhagic papilliform lesion on the conjunctiva, this raised suspicion giant papillary conjunctivitis. As unilateral...

Severe loss of visual acuity due to vitreous opacities may result from haemorrhages, inflammatory and degenerative conditions, tumour cells, or amyloidthe last being rare (Duke-Elder, I969; Jaffe, I969). It is important, however, to recognize amyloid disease as being a cause of vitreous opacities, because most previously reported cases have been patients with familial amyloidosis, a systemic di...