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Enzymatic clearance of anterior chamber infiltrate in uveitis
1 February 2014
| Graham Wallace
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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aqueous humor, endotoxin-induced uveitis, lipid metabolism, phospholipase A2, uveitis
Aqueous humour (AH) which fills the anterior chamber (AC) of the eye provides nutrients to the cornea and the lens. Clearance of cellular and particular matter from AH is necessary for good visual acuity. In part this is achieved by...
Is exenteration helpful in invasive fungal sinusitis?
1 February 2019
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Invasive fungal sinusitis, orbital exenteration, posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
Invasive fungal sinusitis is a potentially lethal disease that causes painful orbital apex syndrome with ophthalmoplegia and visual loss. The mechanism of ophthalmoplegia and visual loss is not clear, and neither is the role of radical surgery-orbital exenteration. The authors...
A rare case of ophthalmic complications following allergic fungal sinusitis
1 February 2016
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Allergic fungal sinusitis, compressive optic neuropathy, magnetic resonance imaging
The authors present an unusual case report of a 32-year-old man with advanced allergic fungal sinusitis, presenting with severe bilateral visual loss and restricted ocular motility. On presentation he had an 18 month history of progressive nasal obstruction, as well...
In conversation with Dr Robert B Nussenblatt
1 February 2016
| Rod McNeil
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Dr Robert B Nussenblatt is Chief of the Laboratory of Immunology at the National Eye Institute, an eminent ocular immunologist and an expert in clinical research design and conduct. Describe the success or relevance of the SUN project. The Standardization...
Rituximab efficacy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis
1 October 2016
| Jonathan Chan
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Child health (paediatrics), Drugs, Immunology, Inflammation
This is a retrospective study about the long-term efficacy of rituximab in patients with severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis. A total of eight patients (15 eyes) were recruited in this study in a single tertiary referral centre from Italy....
New Treatments in Noninfectious Uveitis
As a specialist registrar training in Aberdeen there were two important lessons I learned which have proved to be invaluable over the years for two very different reasons. The first lesson learned was to never underestimate the wind chill factor...Does paediatric uveitis reactivate after treatment with anti-TNF-a drugs?
1 June 2015
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
As a potentially blinding disease that can affect 7-27/100000 children, uveitis remains a rare condition, where little evidence based data is available to guide management decisions. Most paediatric uveitis cases are chronic, anterior and non-infectious and may be associated with...
Persistent anterior uveitis after cataract surgery
1 October 2019
| Tasmin Berman
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Cataract and Refractive
This retrospective cohort study was completed to help identify potential risk factors for developing persistent anterior uveitis (PAU) following uncomplicated cataract surgery in patients with no prior history of uveitis or autoimmune disease. A total of 3013 eyes (2019 patients)...
Is pre-eclampsia / eclampsia a risk factor for non-infective uveitis?
1 April 2019
| Tasmin Berman
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This population based retrospective matched cohort study was the first of its kind to suggest an association between preeclampsia / eclampsia (PEE) and non-infective uveitis (NIU). They used the Longitudinal National Health Insurance database in Taiwan to assess 2073 post-delivery...
Medical malpractice in uveitis: a review of clinical entities and outcomes
1 August 2018
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Acute retinal necrosis, litigation, malpractice, uveitis
This paper presents a retrospective review of malpractice verdicts, rulings and settlements in the United States. Twenty-five cases of uveitis-related litigation spanning 1971-2014 were identified from the database representing 2.3% of all cases. Forty-eight percent of the cases were infectious....
Safety and outcome of microincision vitreous surgery in uveitis
1 June 2018
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Microincisional vitrectomy, uveitis, vitritis
This paper reports the outcomes of microincision vitreous surgery (MIVS) 23G/25G in uveitis of 103 patients (106 eyes) who underwent diagnostic MIVS over a period of four years at the Advanced Eye centre in Chandigarth India. The postoperative evaluation included...
A standardised strategy for uveitis etiological diagnosis
1 August 2017
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This was a prospective, non-inferiority, multicentre randomised control trial, which aimed to assess the effectiveness of a standardised approach in the etiological diagnosis of uveitis versus an open strategy, where clinicians could perform any test. The authors developed their standardised...