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Safe cataract extraction with underlying hypotonous cilio-choroidal detachment following trabeculectomy surgery
1 October 2018
| Chrysostomos D Dimitriou
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Cataract and Refractive
The authors of this study (including the reviewer of this article) describe a surgical technique for phacoemulsification in the presence of shallow choroidal detachment owing to hypotony following trabeculectomy. In their case series, four eyes of four patients with advanced...
Choroidal and RNFL thickness in patients with OSAS
1 August 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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choroidal thickness, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
In obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), hypoxia secondary to repetitive apnoeic episodes leads to blood pressure variations and haemodynamic changes. There is also intermittent activation of the sympathetic system when the patient is aroused from sleep during apnoeic episodes. OSAS...
Uveal melanoma
3 August 2023
| Mertcan Sevgi, Timothy Beckman, Paul Cauchi, Julie Connolly, Vikas Chadha
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EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Imaging
Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular tumour. However, they are still rare, with an incidence of 2-8 per million [1]. The presence of a choroidal naevus is a risk factor for uveal melanoma [1]. Patients with choroidal lesions...
Distribution, progression, and outcomes of inflammatory chorioretinal lesions
1 December 2022
| Kelvin Cheng
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Autofluorescence, inflammatory lesions, multifocal choroiditis, multimodal imaging, optical coherence tomography, punctate inner choroidopathy, uveitis
This study investigated the distribution and progression of multifocal choroiditis (MFC) inflammatory lesions in 25 eyes of 20 patients and their correlations with clinical outcomes at 24 months. The distribution of choroiditis inflammatory lesions were evaluated semi-automatically using a dedicated...
Choroidal melanoma – breaking bad news
Case report A 55-year-old Caucasian female presented to her general practitioner with a three-month history of headaches and worsening blurred vision in the left eye. On further close questioning, she reported no eye pain, intermittent floaters and flashes of light...Neurofibromatosis with multiple bilateral choroidal nevi and literature review
14 November 2024
| Mehru-Nisah Hanif, Syed Raza Ali Zaidi, Nausheen Hayat
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EYE - Imaging, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The aim is to present a case of neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1), also known as von Recklinghausen disease, who presented with bilateral multiple choroidal nodular nevi following chemotherapy and mastectomy for breast cancer. Neurofibromatosis type-1 presents as a wide range of...
Macular atrophy with aflibercept
1 October 2018
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The authors of this paper set out to investigate the prevalence of macular atrophy in treatment-naive patients with neovascular AMD undergoing aflibercept monotherapy (three monthly loading injections followed by subsequent treatment every two months). Case notes over a three year...
Features of AMD treatment non-responders
This is a retrospective consecutive case series of 365 eyes with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who had three monthly intravitreal aflibercept treatments for at least 12 months. Responders were defined as complete resolution of exudation, intraretinal oedema, subretinal fluid, pigment...Choroidal vascularity in NAION
1 April 2020
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present a cross-sectional, non-interventional study of healthy volunteers and those with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) recruited over a six-month period at a single site. NAION is the most common cause of acute optic neuropathy over the...
Two-year results of a T&E aflibercept regime in caucasian PNV
4 October 2023
| Su Young
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This a retrospective study examining two-year outcomes of patients with pachychoroid neovasculopathy (PNV) treated with a treat and extend (T&E) regimen of intravitreal aflibercept. The mean age was 63.84 ± 7.92 years with nine males (35%) and 17 females (65%)....
Treat and extend for PCV
1 April 2017
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This South Korean study investigated the efficacy of a treat and extend regimen (TER) using ranibizumab to treat polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Twenty-nine eyes were included in this retrospective case note review. Of these, five eyes had been treated with...
Fluorescein angiography and OCT in myopic CNV
1 December 2014
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Fluorescein angiography (FA) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) are the most common examinations used in the management of anti-VEGF therapy in choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). In comparison to FA, OCT provides a noninvasive evaluation of the macula. Myopic CNV are...