Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in migraine
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim of this study is to evaluate retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness changes in children with migraine compared to healthy controls and analyse RNFL changes dependent on type of migraine. This was an observation case control study of...
Outcomes for acute acquired non-accommodative comitant esotropia
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Outcomes are reported in a retrospective review of 338 patients with acute acquired non-accommodative comitant esotropia (AACE). Mean age at presentation was 12.60 ±9.37 years and 220 were male, 118 female. Best corrected visual acuity was 0.2 ±0.29 logMAR overall;...
Incidence and clinical characteristics of paediatric keratitis
2 February 2024
| Jonathan Chan
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Contact lens, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Vision
This is a retrospective, population-based study of a 10-year period from Mayo Clinic, USA between January 2000 and December 2009 of patients <19 years diagnosed with keratitis. Two-hundred and eight-five children were identified. An incidence of 78 per 100,000 and...
Refractive surgery for anisometropic amblyopia
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors report the outcomes of refractive surgery with phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implant for management of anisometropic amblyopia in children intolerant to conventional therapy. This was a retrospective study of 71 eyes of 71 patients of which 58 were...
Extraocular muscle disinsertion outcomes for large angle strabismus
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors present a case series of patients who underwent surgical extraocular muscle (EOM) disinsertion for severe cranial nerve palsy or thyroid eye disease including 12 patients (13 eyes: 10 male, three female). There was one bilateral case – bilateral...
Internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling on blood flow in diabetic macula
2 February 2024
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Diabetes, Epiretinal membrane, Inner limiting membrane, vessel density, vessel length density
This is a retrospective review of notes for diabetic patients with epiretinal membrane (ERM) who underwent surgery by the same surgeon. Nineteen had ERM peeling only, while the remaining 18 had both ERM and internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling. The...
Ocular manifestations of Whipple’s disease
2 February 2024
| Lucy Osborne
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Granulomatous uveitis, Whipple’s disease, infectious uveitis, ocular infection, tropheryma whipplei
In this retrospective review of 217 patients with Whipple’s disease (WD), the authors reviewed the presentations of those with ocular manifestations. Ocular signs of WD are under recognised, frequently resulting in misdiagnosis and mismanagement. Mayo Data Explorer, a Mayo Clinic...
Features of branchio-oculo-facial syndrome
2 February 2024
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Branchio-oculo-facial (BOF) syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited syndrome that typically presents with branchial cleft sinus defects, ocular anomalies and dysmorphic facial appearance. The authors present a new case alongside the results of a literature review describing the common genetic...
