Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis (EAU) is driven by immune cells responding to self-antigens. Many features of this non-infectious, intraocular inflammatory disease model recapitulate the clinical phenotype posterior uveitis affecting humans. EAU has been used reliably study efficacy novel therapeutics, their mode action and further investigate mechanisms that underpin progression disorders. Her...

Experience with the removal of complicated cataract by lensectomy in patients with juvenile chronic iridocyclitis (JCI) has so far been limited. The results of lensectomy were reviewed retrospectively in 131 patients with JCI (187 eyes). The mean follow up period was 5 years 4 months. The main operative complication was accidental loss of lens material into the vitreous cavity. The postoperativ...

PURPOSE To assess the importance of intraocular pressure measurement obtained at 6:00 a.m. in bed and darkness for the diagnosis and intraocular pressure control of primary open-angle glaucoma. METHODS Retrospective analysis of the daily curve of intraocular pressure of suspects and glaucomatous patients under treatment. Suspects were classified as intraocular pressure values ranging from 19 ...

AIMS To analyse the results of intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction in refractory glaucoma following diode laser cyclophotocoagulation with a repeatable standard protocol. METHODS 58 eyes of 53 patients were followed for 6-37 months (mean 19 months) after initial cyclodiode treatment. RESULTS Mean (SD) pretreatment IOP for the 58 eyes was 33.0 mm Hg (10.7) reducing at final index visit to 1...

PURPOSE To investigate the immediate and long-term outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation with silicone tube ligation and removable external stents. METHODS This retrospective non-comparative study investigated the outcomes of AGV implantation with silicone tube ligation and removable external stents in 95 eyes (90 patients) with at least 12 months of postoperative follow-up. Qua...

Choroidal osteoma is a rare intraocular bony tumor that typically manifests as a yellow-white, well-demarcated mass with geographic pseudopodal margins.1-3 This benign tumor predominantly occurs in the peripapillary or papillomacular region, most often in young women.1,2 Occasionally, choroidal osteoma can simulate an amelanotic choroidal tumor such as melanoma, nevus, or metastasis.1,2 This tu...

Thus posterior uveitis may be focal, multifocal, or diffuse with involvement of posterior segment structures such as choroid, retina, retinal blood vessels and optic nerve head. It is important to differentiate posterior uveitis from panuveitic entities, where there is no predominant site of inflammation, but inflammation is observed in anterior chamber, vitreous and retina/choroid. There is co...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in developing countries, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations, varying from common primary pulmonary tuberculosis to the extremely rare tubercular otitis externa, as in this case. Tubercular otitis externa has an extremely low clinical incidence.   Case Report: We report the...