Congenital cataracts are lens opacities that cause visual impairment in children. Early diagnosis of congenital cataracts is necessary because it facilitates appropriate intervention that can result in good visual function. Moreover, prenatal diagnosis, in particular, aids in the development of a therapeutic plan for the neonate. Ocular anomalies can be diagnosed prenatally because of the recen...

Traumatic optic nerve avulsion is a rare event. A case of complete unilateral optic nerve avulsion after blunt ocular trauma without major damage to other ocular structures is reported. B-scan ultrasonography with 10 and 20 MHz probes proved to be helpful in diagnosing the optic nerve lesion, whereas orbital computed tomography was inconclusive. The prognosis is ominous and it is dependent on t...

Ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) is characterized by ocular symptoms and signs that are secondary to severe carotid artery obstruction. We report a 69-year-old man who suffered from progressively blurred vision in both eyes. Fundus examination showed scattered areas of retinal hemorrhage, some with a white center, in both eyes. Fluorescence angiography revealed multiple microaneurysm-like hyperfl...

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is an important issue for liver transplant recipients, since increased ICP is associated with advanced hepatic encephalopathy or graft reperfusion during liver transplantation. Invasive monitoring of ICP is known as a gold standard method, but it can provoke bleeding and infection; thus, its use is a controversial issue. Studies have shown that optic nerve...

PURPOSE We qualitatively describe the anatomic features of primary blast ocular injury observed using a postmortem porcine eye model. Porcine eyes were exposed to various levels of blast energy to determine the optimal conditions for future testing. METHODS We studied 53 enucleated porcine eyes: 13 controls and 40 exposed to a range of primary blast energy levels. Eyes were preassessed with B...

PURPOSE To present the findings of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in a child with posterior scleritis. METHODS A 13-year-old boy was admitted to our clinic with symptoms of low degree of vision and ocular pain. Ophthalmologic examination, ocular ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA), and OCT investigations were carried out and the results were e...

Congenital bilateral microphthalmos is a rare malformation of the eye, which ranges from extreme to mild reduction of total axial length. Microphthalmos may occur as an isolated ocular abnormality or as part of a systemic disorder, and different classifications of the condition have been attempted. We describe a large pedigree with 14 persons in four generations affected with bilateral micropht...

PURPOSE To present the results of secondary surgical treatment of five patients with massive suprachoroidal hemorrhage (MSCH), which occurred intraoperatively, postoperatively, or following ocular trauma. METHODS Five patients presenting with MSCH were included in this study during or after phacoemulsification surgery (1 patient), glaucoma surgery (1 patient), combined glaucoma and phacoemuls...

INTRODUCTION Currently ocular combat injuries are complex and associated with poor visual outcomes. Our objective is to characterize the military population that suffer land mine combat ocular trauma in Colombia and identify the type of wound, treatment and visual outcomes. METHODS Retrospectively review of medical history of soldiers evaluated in Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital, whom had land min...