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Systemic fungal infections and corneal transplants
1 February 2017
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This prospective study looked at corneal donors with positive medical history of systemic fungal infection (oral thrush or respiratory, urine, wound, sputum, bronchial, tracheal, or throat culture positive for fungus), to establish if the risk of post-keratoplasty fungal eye infections...
RetCam use in differential diagnosis for retinoblastoma
4 December 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors aimed to evaluate RetCam fundus photography and fluorescein angiography (FA) findings in pseudo retinoblastoma. This was a retrospective review of 36 eyes of 28 patients (of which six were female) with 22 bilateral cases. Mean age at presentation...
Dilate or not in subconjunctival haemorrhage?
1 December 2017
| Eulee Seow
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
There is often surprisingly little evidence in common clinical conditions. Spontaneous non-traumatic subconjunctival haemorrhage (SCH) is frequently encountered in emergency and walk-in clinic visits. In some centres, a dilated fundus exam is performed to exclude retinal pathology. This retrospective study...
Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy
15 July 2021
| Deepak Haldipur, Aditya Moorthy, Sunil Narayan Dutt (Dr Prof)
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COVID-19, Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Oculoplastic
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...
Contrast sensitivity in myopic eyes
3 June 2024
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A classification system has been proposed for myopic maculopathy: grade 0 (no myopic retinal lesions), grade 1 (tessellated fundus), grade 2 (diffuse chorioretinal atrophy (CRA)), grade 3 (patchy CRA), and grade 4 (macular atrophy). Tessellated fundus is defined as the...
Handbook of Retinal Disease: a case based approach
1 August 2016
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This book is suitable for all doctors, particularly ophthalmologists, who want to further their knowledge and understanding of retinal pathologies and keep up to date. The case-based format is effective in evoking an interactive approach to differential diagnosis. The tabulation...
D-EYE device versus direct ophthalmoscope
1 August 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
D-EYE digital ophthalmoscope is a fundus camera device that attaches to a smartphone and is used in conjunction with a HIPAA-compliant app. The authors conducted a study in which 25 medical students examined the fundi of two undilated patients with...
What's trending Aug/Sep 2021
4 August 2021
| David Ellis
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Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #algae #optogenetics Scientists in Paris have used optogenetics to partially restore sight in a blind man’s eye who was diagnosed with...
Macular atrophy and choriocapillaris nonperfusion
1 April 2019
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This Japanese study compared the choriocapillaris (CC) nonperfusion area as measured on OCTA with areas of macular atrophy (MA) measured by fundus autofluoresence (FAF). A total of 44 eyes were assessed (31 were treated with anti-VEGF alone and 13 had...
Disc-fovea angle measurements for objective cyclotorsion review
4 October 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The author measured the disc-fovea angle (DFA) in 249 healthy people (81 male, 168 female) as part of a retrospective study of 44 to 70-year-old adults. These were grouped as (1) aged 44 / 45 years, (2) aged 59-70 years,...
γδ T cell depletion does not affect fungal keratitis
1 August 2015
| Graham Wallace
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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CFW, Cytokines, FK, Fungal keratitis, IL-17, Neutrophils, calcofluor WHITE, fungal keratitis, γδ T cells
Fungal keratitis (FK) is a blinding condition prevalent in agricultural areas of countries such as India and China. The fungus enters the cornea and induces an inflammatory response which leads to tissue damage. Neutrophils are the earliest infiltrating immune cells...
Use of pattern-reversal VEP in congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) assessment
1 February 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors conducted pattern reversal visual evoked potential (PRVEP) in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) and report the correlates with visual acuity, fundus alterations and severity of microcephaly at birth. This was a cross-sectional study of 37 children with...