THE fact that vertical disturbances are sometimes present in cases of horizontal strabismus has been early recognized and described. Strabismus surso-adductorius, a condition in which a marked upshoot of the eyes is seen in adduction, was first observed by von Graefe (1855) and accounted for in different ways by him and by others, who considered it as occasioned by an abnormal vestibular stimul...

A 27-year-old woman with bilateral high myopia had anterior chamber iris-claw phakic intraocular lens implantation in her left eye under local anesthesia and with no intraoperative complications. The preoperative slit-lamp examination was normal, and she had no relevant past medical history. On the second postoperative day, patient developed fixed, dilated mydriasis, and one month later, an IOL...

PURPOSE To report the largest cluster of Urrets-Zavalia Syndrome (UZS), which occurred as a sequel of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) after uneventful cataract surgery, and to evaluate the possible causes and risk factors to prevent additional cases. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Hyderabad, Pakistan. DESIGN Prospective Case Seri...

PURPOSE To improve the visual acuity of patients with progressive keratectasia following laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS Five eyes of four patients underwent penetrating keratoplasty for ectasia after LASIK: In one patient the second eye was operated on 10 months after the first keratoplasty. The pre- and postoperative refraction, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity, and topo...

PURPOSE To report hydrophilic acylic intraocular lens (IOL) opacification after Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) in an eye with multiple prior intraocular surgeries and iatrogenic aniridia. CASE REPORT A 34-year-old woman with history of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) for advanced keratoconus and subsequent Urrets-Zavalia Syndrome (UZS) underwent phacoemulsificati...

Background: Keratoconus is a progressive, non-inflammatory corneal ectasia with central thinning. The aim of this work was to evaluate intra and post-operative complications final visual outcome deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK).Methods: This prospective cohort interventional study carried out on 20 patients aged from 65 years old superficial stromal opacities based clinical examinatio...

VAN DER HOEVE (1931), basing his observations on two cases, drew attention to a condition characterized by the spontaneous appearance of scleral perforations, which he named scleromalacia perforans. A somewhat similar case had previously been described by Holthouse (1893), and Kuhnt (1912) reported a case of scleral perforation associated with hydroa vacciniforme. Under the term scleritis necro...