In this issue, Saldir et al. emphasize the importance of regular follow-up of premature infants for the development of ophthalmologic problems during early childhood. Retinopathy of prematurity is the primary ocular disorder that the ophthalmologist must screen for in the neonatal period. However, it seems that there is a higher incidence of strabismus and refractive errors that develop in prem...

AIMS To report the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with ocular adnexal marginal zone B cell lymphoma (MZBL) with IgG4-positive plasma cells. METHODS 114 biopsy samples of ocular adnexal MZBLs were analysed. MZBLs with IgG4-positive plasma cells were included when the IgG4:IgG ratio was >40% (IgG4-related group). The serum levels of each subclass of immunoglobulins and soluble ...

The practice of ophthalmology and psychiatry meet over in several aspects of patient diagnosis, management & therapy. The ophthalmologists should be able to recognise signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorder. Non organic disorders could have ophthalmologic manifestations related both the afferent system and motor system related symptoms. Ophthalmologist should be aware of conditions like func...

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ocular disorders in HIV positive patients attending the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Methods. A cross-sectional study using systematic random sampling was conducted on 295 HIV positive patients. Data collection consisted of semistructured questionnaires, laboratory investigation, medical profile, and ophthalmic examination. Statisti...

Hutchinson (1897) described a disorder in which ptosis was associated with paralysis of the other extraocular muscles to which he gave the name "external ophthalmoplegia". Fuchs (I890) reported five patients with ptosis, in two of whom the disorder was familial, and Dutil (I892) and Delord (I903) published two other cases of an unusual familial form of dysphagia associated with ptosis. The prev...

Hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder in dogs. The present paper puts on record various ailments associated with primary hypothyroidism caused by thyroxine (T4) deficiency and peripheral disorders in euthyroid dogs, which mimic hypothyroidism. The study undertaken on 10,172 dogs presented at the clinics with skin and coat incongruity, revealed clinical manifestations suggestive o...

INTRODUCTION Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder with an unknown etiology characterized by noncaseating granulomas. The disorder is a multisystemic disease and affects many organs, including most often the lung, lymph nodes, skin, heart, liver, muscles, and the eye. MATERIAL AND METHODS [corrected] Based on a review of the literature and on an algorithm generated in an internationa...

A 30-year-old woman who was being treated with steroids for systemic lupus erythematosus developed a retinopathy originally diagnosed as secondary to her underlying disorder. The progression of the retinopathy eventually made its infectious cause apparent. The relative infrequency of widespread retinopathy in lupus and the lack of ocular inflammation in this disorder are emphasized. The necessi...

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X linked genetic disorder, which predominantly affects females. The mutations are usually lethal in males. Two male cases are presented; a genetic mosaic for the common IP deletion and another in whom the genetic abnormality has not yet been characterised. Emphasis is placed on the ocular features present in this disorder and in particular a novel corneal f...