INTRODUCTION Testicular tumors most frequently metastasize to regional lymph nodes. Non-seminomatous tumor metastasis of testicle (NSGCTT) to the eyeball is rare. CASE REPORT We presented a 24-year old man, referred to the ophthalmologist due to acute pain and abrupt loss of sight in the left eye accompanied by its enlargement. Orbital and endocranial computerized tomography (CT) was carried ...

PURPOSE To report a case of acute angle-closure glaucoma resulting from spontaneous hemorrhagic retinal detachment. METHODS An 81-year-old woman visited our emergency room for severe ocular pain and vision loss in her left eye. Her intraocular pressures (IOPs) were 14 mmHg in the right eye and 58 mmHg in the left eye. Her visual acuity was 0.4 in the right eye but she had no light perception ...

A reappraisal of survival data on patients with uveal melanomas has led us to these impressions: (a) that the mortality rate before enucleation is low, estimated at 1% per year; (b) that the mortality rate rises abruptly following enucleation, reaching a peak of about 8% during the second year after enucleation; and (c) that approximately two-thirds of the fatalities could be attributed to the ...

PURPOSE To determine whether iodine 125 brachytherapy or enucleation is better for quality of life in patients treated for choroidal melanoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-five patients with choroidal melanoma were treated with a modified version of VF-14 iodine 125 brachytherapy, enucleation or both. Results of this treatment were then statistically analyzed. RESULTS Statistically significan...

The following data have beeii collected from Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. This is the nmain hospital in Uganda, and is the clinical teaching centre of the Medical School of Makerere University College. The Eye Department has 36 beds, and there are six other smaller eye units in Uganda. Most of our cases come from areas near the hospital, i.e. from Buganda, although some come from other reg...

ANIMAL STUDIED A 6-year-old, pregnant female llama experienced a 6-month history of epiphora, buphthalmos, and acute loss of vision in the left eye. The condition was unresponsive to topical antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory therapy and progressed to corneal rupture. PROCEDURES Transpalpebral enucleation was performed and an intraorbital silicone prosthesis was implanted. The eye was fixed ...

Although an estimated 1 million Americans suffer ocular injuries each year, the setting of injury and its prognostic implications have not been closely examined. Using data compiled by the Eye Injury Registry of Alabama (EIRA) from 514 cases of serious eye injury, we examined the demographics and prognosis of ocular injury by setting of injury. Work-related injuries accounted for only 28% of to...

To elucidate the effect of traumatic stress on the lateral habenular nucleus, we investigated the time course of the expression of c-Fos protein in this nucleus of the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata) after enucleation of one eye using c-Fos protein immunocytochemistry. c-Fos protein-like immunoreactive neurons were significantly increased; the increase started 1 h after the enucleation and rem...

Ocular enucleation induces profound morphological alterations in central visual areas. However, little is known about the response of glial cells and possible inflammatory processes in visual brain areas resulting from eye enucleation. In this study, immunoblotting and immunostaining assays revealed increased expression of astrocyte and microglia markers in the rat superior colliculus (SC) betw...

Iris neovascularization (NVI) in eyes with newly diagnosed retinoblastoma is a hallmark of advanced tumor. These eyes often display secondary glaucoma and additional partial or complete retinal detachment. From a clinical perspective, NVI with secondary glaucoma is noted in approximately 12% of eyes with retinoblastoma, and from a pathology perspective, NVI has been found in 44% of eyes followi...