Aim. To describe a case of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) with ocular involvement treated with topical ophthalmic cyclosporine. Case Presentation. A 20-year-old woman developed TEN following administration of carbamazepine that was prescribed for epilepsy. Ophthalmic examination revealed bilateral pseudomembranous conjunctivitis. She was hospitalized in the intensive care unit and treated wit...

purpose: to compare the range of motion of hydroxyapatite (ha) and porous polyethylene (medpor) ocular implants in enucleated eyes. methods: this comparative study was performed on records of 34 patients who underwent unilateral enucleation and implantation of hydroxyapatite (13 cases) or medpor (21 cases). the two groups were compared regarding age, gender, cause of enucleation, laterality, an...

Postoperative visual loss is a rare but disastrous complication that has an estimated incidence of 0.01-1% after non-ocular surgery. We report a patient who underwent a prolonged spinal operation in the prone position and complained of blindness in one eye postoperatively. We consider the potential aetiological factors contributing to this unilateral postoperative visual loss and suggest strate...

Treatment.-Gutt. pilocarpine 1 per cent. four times a day failed to 'control the intraocular pressure, which varied between 45 and 79 mm. Hg Schiotz. On December 10, 1956, a filtration operation was performed, consisting of combined anterior flap sclerotomy, cyclodialysis, and basal iris inclusion (Stallard, 1953). There were apparently no operative complications. On the sixth post-operative da...

A 55 year old man with rheumatoid vasculitis and an apparent left inferior oblique palsy is described. This unusual extraocular complication of rheumatoid arthritis probably resulted from a tenosynovitis of the superior oblique tendon sheath, and resolved with steroid treatment.

PURPOSE It is aimed to report on a 16-year-old patient with acquired ocular toxoplasmosis complicated by a retinal tear. METHODS Retrospective medical chart review. RESULTS A 16-year-old Caucasian female presented with vision loss in her right eye. In addition to a white active lesion between the fovea and the optic nerve head, marked vitreous opacification was noted. She was diagnosed with...

Ocular surface disease (OSD), a disorder affecting the lacrimal and meibomian glands corneal conjunctival epithelium, is well-known complication of topical glaucoma therapy. OSD can present as new or pre-existing condition that virtually any anti-glaucoma formulation exacerbate. As such, both frequently coexist. Typical symptoms include ocular discomfort, redness, burning, dryness, whereas sign...