BACKGROUND Terson syndrome is defined as intraocular hemorrhage associated with intracranial bleeding. This syndrome can occur in the event of intracranial hemorrhage or elevated intracranial pressure. To our knowledge, it has never been associated with chronic myeloid leukemia. A 45-year-old woman suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia was referred to our clinic with Terson syndrome after int...

A previously healthy 17-year old girl presented with sudden visual loss in both eyes. Visual acuity on the right eye was 0.3 and on the left eye 0.1. Fundoscopic examination showed bilateral optic disc edema, retinal venous tortuousity and dilatation, retinal blot and flame-shaped hemorrhages, Roth spots and on the left eye dark blot preretinal hemorrhage covering the fovea. Laboratory evaluati...

purpose: to report an iranian patient with diagnosis of oguchi disease associated with diabetic retinopathy. methods: a 50-year-old diabetic woman with night blindness was referred to our clinic. complete ophthalmic examination including ophthalmoscopy after dark adaptation and paraclinic evaluations such as fluorescein angiography and electroretinography were performed. results: in the both ey...

22 victims of SBS.9 Duhaime et al. also advocated, based on available biomechanical data from subhuman primates, that shaking alone was not enough to cause the SBS findings. Duhaime’s findings were, however, disputed by other studies, and the concept of SBS as a purely shaking based phenomenon remained.10,11 A more serious challenge to the prevailing beliefs about SBS was provided by numerous s...

PURPOSE To report a case of Valsalva premacular hemorrhage treated by Nd:YAG laser. METHODS A patient who presented with Valsalva premacular hemorrhage was treated with photodisruptive Nd:YAG laser to drain the entrapped premacular blood into the vitreous. RESULTS After photodisruption, vision in the affected eye improved rapidly due to exposure of the macula. CONCLUSION Nd:YAG laser trea...

Of 164 consecutive newborns seen in consultations, three babies had either a preretinal or a vitreous hemorrhage, a rare occurrence. Two of these babies had a mild form of disseminated intravascular coagulation. The hemorrhages cleared within a few months after birth. Each of the three babies was premature, had a respiratory distress syndrome, and was born to a primiparous mother. The possibil...

PurposeAbusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of infant death and long-term morbidity from injury. The ocular consequences AHT are controversial, pathophysiology retinal research findings still not clearly understood. It has been postulated that vitreoretinal traction plays a major role in findings. A computer simulation model was developed to evaluate determine whether distribution for...