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Cortical blindness

1 August 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Cortical blindness is a rare but recognised entity. Cerebrovascular accident is a well-known risk factor. We report a case of an 84-year-old lady with bilateral cortical blindness with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Case report An 84-year-old lady was admitted under...

On the wrong track

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A 65-year-old very high myope lady presented with sudden blurred vision down to count fingers to her right eye after a short and sharp pain. She also described seeing a black swirly line and as all these symptoms were exactly...

Open source and tele-manufacturing for ophthalmology

1 August 2015 | | EYE - Imaging
Open source or crowd-sourcing and crowd-collaboration are concepts almost always associated with software and public online projects such as Wiki project. Never had I imagined that my team would apply the same principle in ophthalmology. Just less than a month...

ICG TTT for retinoblastoma

1 August 2016 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) is a specific form of ocular TT using infrared radiation (diode laser). Indocyanine green (ICG) is also used to achieve the optimal phototherapy effect in eyes with minimal pigment. Twenty-one patients with 42 retinoblastomas in 30 eyes...

How to maximise points for your ophthalmology portfolio as a medical student

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
Ophthalmology is an extremely popular and competitive career option, with one of the highest competition ratios at ST1 level entry (10:1 in 2023) [1]. It is also a highly rewarding speciality, involving: a mixture of medicine and surgery in a...

The International AMD Genomics Consortium study: another success in understanding the complex genetics of AMD

1 April 2017 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative complex disease of the eye and a major cause of blindness and visual impairment among the elderly worldwide. The early stages of the disease are characterised by asymptomatic pigmentary abnormalities and accumulation of...

CVI features in an Indian population

7 December 2020 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This study describes the predisposing factors and ophthalmic characteristics of children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) at a tertiary centre in India. This was a retrospective cross-section study of children <16-years-old over a four-year period. A review of 88 patients...

The interpretation and use of ultrasound biomicroscopy (part 1)

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Ultrasound Biomicroscopy (UBM) has become increasingly important for the diagnosis of a variety of anterior segment pathologies. Most ophthalmologists are familiar with conventional B-scan ultrasonography techniques, which operate at lower sound frequencies (7.5 to 20MHz). UBM is an ultrasound technique...

Broadening horizons in ophthalmology: crafting a varied elective experience

24 January 2024 | | EYE - General
The elective period for medical students is a unique opportunity to immerse oneself in a field of interest. For students interested in ophthalmology, this can offer a dedicated experience for what can otherwise be quite limited through undergraduate rotations. Alongside...

Recognising responsibility, breakthrough design

21 October 2024 | SILMO 2024, awards, competitions, meetings, events, conferences, fashion, opticians, glasses
Celebrating achievements in the international optical world, the 30th anniversary of the Silmo d’Or Awards was a spectacular event. Eyewear designers, international media and senior optical executives and VIPs were welcomed to the underground halls of the Carrousel du Louvre...

Social networking

1 August 2016 | | EYE - General
The use of social networking is now very common in both home and work environments. The field is expanding continually and we have had some requests for a roundup of common platforms. What is social networking and social media? As...

The writer: publishing my first book as a trainee

1 November 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Medicine is very hierarchical. Indeed, Hippocrates himself laid the foundation of the apprenticeship that is medical training and while it is the noble duty of the boss to pass on information and ask for tasks to be undertaken as a...