an 18-year-old girl fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for the proteus syndrome (ps). here we report our findings in comprehensive general physical and ocular examination and review the literature focused on clinical manifestations and differential diagnoses. the patient had ‘mild’ involvement of the ophthalmic apparatus: absent foveal reflex, cataract, and abnormal retinal vessels, which in the...

A 10-year-old Malay girl with underlying HbE/beta-thalassemia, on regular blood transfusion and deferoxamine iron chelation therapy, presented two-month history of bilateral blurring vision. On examination, her vision was 6/36 both eyes. Other optic nerve functions were normal. Anterior segment examination eyes unremarkable. Fundus revealed dull foveal reflex. Optical coherence tomography macul...

Background & Aims: Alopecia areata is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects the hair follicles. The condition most commonly presents with the sudden appearance of non-scarring discrete patches of alopecia on the scalp. Due to being an autoimmune disease, alopecia areata is observed in concomitantly with other diseases. In some studies, ocular alterations were surveyed in these patients. ...

Kumar V, Gupta PN. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222868 Description A 40-year-old healthy female was referred for macular hole in his both eyes detected during routine examination. Visual acuity was 20/20 OU unaided. Ocular examination of OD was unremarkable except for the presence of round red lesion at fovea (figure 1A, arrow) that was more prominent on green reflectance imaging (fi...

Geometric considerations indicate that the human translational vestibulo-ocular reflex (tVOR) should have substantially different properties than the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex (aVOR). Specifically, tVOR cannot simultaneously stabilize images of distant and near objects on the retina. Most studies make the tacit assumption that tVOR acts to stabilize foveal images even though, in humans, t...

Because we view the world from a constantly shifting platform when our head and body move in space, vestibular and visuomotor reflexes are critical to maintain visual acuity. In contrast to the phylogenetically old rotational vestibulo-ocular reflex (RVOR), it has been proposed that the translational vestibulo-ocular reflex (TVOR) represents a newly developed vestibular-driven mechanism that is...

Ocular following (OFR) is a short-latency visual stabilization response to the optic flow experienced during self-motion. It has been proposed that it represents the early component of optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) and that it is functionally linked to the vestibularly driven stabilization reflex during translation (translational vestibuloocular reflex, TVOR). Because no single eye movement can e...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To assess the role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the evaluation and follow-up after vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema. MATERIALS AND METHODS The 18 eyes of 12 patients affected by presumed diabetic vitreous-induced macular edema underwent biomicroscopy with a Goldmann contact lens, fluorescein angiography, and OCT. RESULTS OCT revealed two patterns of...

Purpose To report the first sequential cross-over treatment with the longest ophthalmic follow-up in a case of X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) successfully treated with topical dorzolamide. Observations A healthy 34 year-old man presented with one month history of decreased visual acuity in his left eye. Funduscopy was significant for a blunted and cystoid-like foveal reflex in both ey...