PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To assess the occurrence of ocular and visual disorders following blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Operation Iraqi Freedom. RESEARCH DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS AND PROCEDURES A total of 2254 US service members with blast-related combat injuries were identified for analysis from the Expeditionary Medical Encounter Database. Medical record inform...

An ocular manifestation of a systemic disease is an ocular condition that directly or indirectly results from a pathologic process from another part of the body. Ocular manifestations can occur in various systemic diseases in pediatrics. However, ocular manifestations are difficult to recognize especially in pediatric diseases because most clinicians ignore ocular involvement of systemic diseas...

BACKGROUND Ocular manifestations of thyroid dysfunction constitute a wide clinical spectrum ranging from minor ocular discomfort, lid retraction, lid lag and ocular injection, to sight threatening eyeball protusion and optic nerve compression. Thyroid-related eye disorders are most commonly associated with Graves' disease, and this most frequently occurs in the setting of hyperthyroidism. Howev...

PURPOSE We assessed the potential ocular hazards of bright light therapy for patients with seasonal affective disorder, after both short- and long-term treatment, and identified prospective patients with pre-existing ocular abnormalities. METHODS Fifty patients with seasonal affective disorder received daily exposure to artificial light in the morning or evening for 30 minutes at an illuminan...

purpose: dry eye syndrome is a multifactorial disorder of the tear film and ocular surface that results in eye discomfort, visual disturbance, and often ocular surface damage. studies suggest that the prevalence of clinically diagnosed dry eye syndrome (des) is 0.4%. to 0.5%, which is highest among women and the elderly. the burden of des can be substantial, affecting visual function, daily act...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal autosomal disorder in Caucasian populations. It is characterised by a variable degree of pulmonary infections, pancreatic enzyme insufficiency and premature death. Ocular complications in CF range from abnormal tear volume to impaired dark adaptation. With improvements in CF life expectancy, ocular complications are of greater relevance to the opto...

Objectives: Inferior oblique muscle overaction (IOOA) is a common ocular motility disorder. Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (oVEMP) are tests that evaluate the reflex pathway between utricular macula and inferior to detect vestibular diseases. Our study of great importance as it first in literature effect on oVEMP parameters. Methods: Thirty-five patients with unilateral (IOOA grou...

purpose: to determine the distribution of oculomotor, abducens, and trochlear nerve palsies in diabetic patients with ocular nerve palsy. methods: this study was performed on all diabetic patients who referred to ophthalmology and neurology clinics at yazd medical science university because of ocular palsy from march 2004 to october 2005. signs and symptoms of the disorder were evaluated. resul...