introduction: motor vehicular accidents are one of the leading causes of death in young men and severe complications in all age groups. this study was carried out to evaluate eye injuries secondary to motor vehicular accidents that have a high rate of occurrence in yazd province. methods: this descriptive, cross- sectional study was conducted through case series method. simple sampling, i.e. ce...

A 33-year-old woman presented to a community emergency department with a 4-day history of monocular orbital pain, photophobia and pain on extraocular movement. Findings included chemosis, conjunctival injection and restricted extraocular movements causing strabismus. She was diagnosed with orbital cellulitis during her initial emergency department visit and treated with intravenous antibiotics....

BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the commonest malignancies in Nigeria, however metastasis to the orbit is a rare presentation. OBJECTIVE To present a rare case of orbital metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. CASE REPORT A 25-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of pain, progressive swelling and burred vision of the right eye. Examination revealed marked proptosis o...

few scattered nucleated cells, and material retaining only the ghostlike form of cells. Conjunctival implantation cysts are comparatively rare. Although in this case the cyst was found in the region of a rectus tendon suture, it is thought to be unconnected with this; the implantation of conjunctival epithelium probably occurred while a conjunctival suture was being drawn from without inwards. ...

Delleman Oorthuys syndrome (oculocerebrocutaneous syndrome) is a rare, congenital sporadic disorder affecting the skin and central nervous system. We present the case of a one-month-old male who presented with an orbital cyst in the left eye since birth along with other manifestations of this syndrome. The manifestations of this syndrome resemble other developmental disorders like Goldenhar and...

In a 35-year-old patient with keratoconus a cyst of the iris was first observed 22 months after routine penetrating keratoplasty. The lesion was completely excised and shown by light and transmission electron microscopy to be composed of conjunctival epithelium organised as a single large cyst containing serous material and occasional free epithelial cells. The management of epithelial implanta...

We present a case of an epithelial cyst of the conjunctiva caused by the dilatation of an accessory lacrimal gland. The case is peculiar in regard to the size of the cyst and the absence of traumatic or inflammatory factors to explain the retention of fluid.