AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of combined anti-inflammatory and local dehydration therapy for CME in children with retinitis pigmentosa or uveitis different etiologies.
 MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included two groups cystic macular edema. In Group 1 developed against background pigmentosa, group 2 uveitis. All underwent subtenon injection a prolonged steroid instillations carboni...

Purpose: To evaluate the results of combined chemotherapy and periocular carboplatin injection to control advanced intraocular retinoblastoma (Rb). Methods: In this prospective interventional case-series, we included 8 eyes of 8 patients with advanced intraocular Rb (group C or D in International Intraocular Retinoblastoma Classification, IIRC). In these patients, periocular carboplatin was inj...

PURPOSE To report our experience in managing a case of bilateral optic disc oedema and unilateral cystoid macular oedema with a posterior subtenon (PST) injection of triamcinolone acetonide and intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in a patient with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome. CASE REPORT A 50-year-old healthy woman complain...

To investigate the effects of collagen cross-linking using glyceraldehyde on the biomechanical properties of the sclera and the axial elongation of form-deprived myopia in the guinea pig. Thirty-six guinea pigs were randomly assigned to four groups: FDM (form-deprived myopia); FDMG (form-deprived myopia treated with glyceraldehyde); FDMS (form-deprived myopia treated with 0.9% isotonic sodium c...

PURPOSE To describe a case of diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis presenting as bilateral iris hemangiomas. METHOD Case report. PATIENT A 2-month-old girl presented with bilateral enlarging red masses of her irises, congestive heart failure, and abdominal distension. The iris masses were diagnosed as hemangiomas, and she was found to have diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis also involving her ski...

Purpose: To evaluate the short-term efficacy of intravitreal anti-VEGF (Lucentis) and sub-tenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with multifocal choroiditis (MC). Methods: Eight eyes of 8 patients treated with intravitreal anti-VEGF and posterior sub-tenon injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide (TA) for subfoveal or juxtafoveal CNV associated ...

Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy of autologous tenon grafting combined with conjunctival flap as a treatment for scleromalacia or scleral thinning after pterygium excision without any additional donor graft tissue. Methods. Twenty-six cases underwent autologous advanced tenon grafting combined with sliding or rotating conjunctival flap for scleromalacia after pterygium surgery ranging from 2 y...