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Globes in space: What would happen to our globes on the globe of Mars?
1 April 2018
| Katherine McVeigh, Tomas Burke
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AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Orbit, Optometry, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Many films have been made regarding life on alternative planets. With the Mars One mission approaching in 2023, there are high expectations regarding future interplanetary travel. The authors provide an ophthalmology perspective on what could happen to our eyes if...
Retinal arteriovenous malformation
1 June 2018
| Alexandr Stepanov
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A 24-year-old Caucasian girl reported to the eye clinic with the complaint of painless decreased vision in her right eye. She had no history of infectious disease, trauma, systemic malignancy or other systemic complaint. Her best corrected visual acuity was...
Cystoid macular oedema following retinal detachment surgery
5 April 2022
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Cystoid macular edema, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, vitreoretinal surgery
There are limited studies examining the incidence and risk factors for postoperative cystoid macular oedema (CMO) following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair. Postoperative CMO is thought to be due to pro-inflammatory state, where numerous cytokines lead to tight junction dysfunction,...
Acetazolamide and CMO
1 August 2019
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The authors set out to analyse the effect of acetazolamide therapy on inflammatory cystoid macular oedema (CMO) as defined by change in central macular subfield thickness (CST), as well as its effect on visual acuity. A retrospective chart review was...
Lucentis for pseudophakic CMO
1 October 2015
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Cataract, Irvine-Gass syndrome, cystoid macular edema, phacoemulsification, ranibizumab
Pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema (CMO) develops angiographically in up to 20-30% after uneventful phacoemulsification. This study aimed to evaluate the potential efficacy and safety of intravitreal ranibizumab in patients with pseudophakic CMO after cataract surgery. Seven eyes were included in...
High dose (2.5mg) bevacizumab for postradiation cystoid macular oedema
1 April 2017
| Yamini Krishna
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Ocular Pathology and Oncology
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Anti-VEGF, Cystoid macular edema, Melanoma, Radiation damage, Radiotherapy, Tumor
The authors present a retrospective, interventional case series investigating the efficacy of high dose (2.5mg/0.1ml) intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of persistent postradiation (Iodine-125 plaque brachytherapy for uveal melanoma) cystoid macular oedema (CME). Persistent CME was defined as increased or...
OCT angiography and retinal vein occlusions
1 April 2016
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
In this retrospective, observational case series, the authors set out to evaluate the morphology of the superficial and deep capillary plexa of eyes that suffered a retinal vein occlusion (RVO) on OCT angiography (OCTA) and compare the findings with fluorescein...
Chronic dacryocystitis?
1 February 2018
| Michael E Grinton, Kristhnamoorthy Narayanan
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Ophthalmology
Lacrimal drainage system tumours are rare and lymphomas account for less than 10% of these tumours [1]. Most patients presenting with lymphoma infiltration of the lacrimal drainage system have a history of previously diagnosed lymphoma elsewhere. We report a case...
End stage glaucoma management
1 August 2014
| Yajati K Ghosh
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Glaucoma
A 48-year-old female has had multiple drug treatment for glaucoma and is still losing field of vision. How do you manage this over time? This patient is at high-risk for going blind and should be managed aggressively to protect remaining...
Unexpected diagnoses – stroke in children and homonymous hemianopia
1 February 2022
| Timothy Rajaratnam, Alexandros Kogiantis, Faye Barampouti
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Imaging
We present the case of a 12-year-old child presenting with a few days history of left-sided visual loss. Upon further investigation with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) she was unexpectedly diagnosed with a right-sided chronic posterior cerebral arterial territory infarct, causing...
Steroid treatment for pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema
1 October 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Cystoid macular edema, intravitreal steroids, triamcinolone
The authors present a retrospective comparison of 45 eyes of 41 patients treated with 2mg intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT group) and 50 eyes of 42 patients treated with 40mg sub-Tenons triamcinolone (STT group) for pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema (CMO). The visual...
Macular holes: A brief review
1 August 2017
| Sidath Wijetilleka, Roger McPherson
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The classification of macular holes has been modernised by OCT findings. This is a brief review and encompasses the historical literature on macular holes. A macular hole is an anatomical discontinuation of the neurosensory retina at the centre of the...