BACKGROUND A cyclodialysis cleft is a gap resulting from disruption of the longitudinal fibers constituting the ciliary body attachment to the scleral spur. The cyclodialysis cleft can be of traumatic or iatrogenic origin, and it may occur during intraocular surgery or as a result of a glaucoma operation. In this report we present a surgical technique to treat cyclodialysis: cyclopexy combined ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the indications for surgery, visual results and postoperative complications of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), in patients with retained lens fragments in the vitreous cavity. METHODS 86 Eyes from 83 patients who underwent PPV for retained lens fragments at the Hospital Central de Asturias between April 1997 and December 2004 were reviewed. The average age was 68 years (12-...

CASE REPORT We present the case of a 34-year-old man with Sturge-Weber syndrome, who presented to the emergency room with left ocular pain and left chronic exophthalmos. He suffered an acute glaucoma secondary to pupillary block consequent upon an anterior lens subluxation. Orbital contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was performed and he underwent intracapsular lens extraction. DISCUSSI...

PURPOSE To examine histological changes resulting from dislocated and subluxated lenses. CASES The subjects consisted of 16 patients (aged 52-89 years) who underwent total lens extraction for lens dislocation or subluxation in the Department of Ophthalmology at Fukui Medical University during the period between April 1991 and June 1998. There were 5 patients (6 eyes) with traumatic dislocatio...

We present a case of intraocular pentastomiasis in a 12-year-old Israel Arab boy. A single secondary pentastomid larva, most likely of Linguatula serrata, was found in the anterior chamber of the right eye, attached loosely to the pupil's border by a fibrinous mass. Associated conditions were iritis, subluxation of the lens, and secondary glaucoma. This is the first documentation of human penta...