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The authors experienced two cases of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)-induced acute-onset bilateral myopia and shallowing of the anterior chambers. Two middle-aged women taking HCTZ, a sulfa derivative, visited our clinic complaining of acute bilateral visual deterioration. Both had good visual acuity without corrective lenses before taking HCTZ. A complete ophthalmologic examination revealed bilater...

Uveal effusion syndrome is characterized by annular ciliochoroidal detachment, shifting non-rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, unremarkable inflammation in the anterior eye segment and normal intraocular pressure. A 36-year-old Caucasian hypermetropic male presented in the eye casualty with a week history of curtain like effect in front of his left eye associated with worsening of vision and fl...

AIMS To evaluate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in uveal melanomas and correlate its presence with tumour characteristics and systemic metastasis. METHODS 47 cases of ciliochoroidal melanoma enucleated between 1983 and 1993 were retrieved from the pathology archives at the University of Western Ontario. Paraffin sections stained with haematoxylin and eosin, period...

Aims: To investigate the usefulness of ultrasound biomicroscopy for evaluating changes in the ciliary body in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Methods: Ultrasound biomicroscopy was used to evaluate 14 eyes of seven patients diagnosed with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Cross sectional images of the ciliary body and thickness of the pars plana 3.0 mm posterior to the scleral spur were ...