Best vitelliform macular dystrophy is the second most common type of hereditary fundus dystrophies. Our case report describes twin brothers of Afghan family who developed Best vitelliform macular dystrophy. One of them developed choroidal neovascularization in one eye which was treated with single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. The patient showed stable vision and did not have any recur...

PURPOSE To examine the extent of mobility limitations in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, or Fuchs' corneal dystrophy compared with that in a control group of older adults with good vision. METHODS Two hundred seventy-two patients (68 with AMD, 49 with Fuchs' dystrophy, 82 with glaucoma, and 73 controls) from the ophthalmology clinics of Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hos...

PURPOSE Low intraocular pressure (IOP) measured by Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) is one of the ocular manifestations of Steinert's myotonic dystrophy. The goal of this study was to evaluate the corneal-compensated IOP as well as corneal properties (central corneal thickness and corneal hysteresis) in patients with myotonic dystrophy. METHODS A total of 12 eyes of 6 patients with Steine...

a:To repcst the association of macular dystrophy with matemslly inherited diabetes mellitus, deafness and " pigmentary due to a mutation of mitochondrial DNA (tRNA M&~&we examined 8 diabetic probands with this mutation to precise the characteris& of the tetinopathy associated with this mutation. R&D: These probands belonged to 6 different families; six of them had deafness. The 8 patients had a...

a:To repcst the association of macular dystrophy with matemslly inherited diabetes mellitus, deafness and " pigmentary due to a mutation of mitochondrial DNA (tRNA M&~&we examined 8 diabetic probands with this mutation to precise the characteris& of the tetinopathy associated with this mutation. R&D: These probands belonged to 6 different families; six of them had deafness. The 8 patients had a...

BACKGROUND It has been hypothesized that the macular carotenoid pigments lutein and zeaxanthin may protect against macular and retinal degenerations and dystrophies. OBJECTIVE To test this hypothesis by objectively measuring lutein and zeaxanthin levels in a noninvasive manner in patients who have retinitis pigmentosa (RP), choroideremia (CHM), and Stargardt macular dystrophy and comparing th...

a:To repcst the association of macular dystrophy with matemslly inherited diabetes mellitus, deafness and " pigmentary due to a mutation of mitochondrial DNA (tRNA M&~&we examined 8 diabetic probands with this mutation to precise the characteris& of the tetinopathy associated with this mutation. R&D: These probands belonged to 6 different families; six of them had deafness. The 8 patients had a...

PURPOSE To report 2 cases of delayed spontaneous Descemet membrane (DM) reattachment following big-bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). METHODS A 21-year-old man with keratoconus and a 36-year-old woman with corneal macular dystrophy underwent big-bubble DALK. No injury to DM was noted intraoperatively or postoperatively. Postoperatively, the patients developed central DM detach...