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Oct/Nov 2018 Quiz
History A 37-year-old male was referred from the Emergency Eye Clinic with a swollen right upper eyelid. Symptom relieved with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The initial clinical diagnosis was dacryoadenitis. The patient presented again six weeks later with 3mm proptosis,...Long-term outcomes for hereditary retinoblastoma
1 December 2014
| Nana Theodorou
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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chemotherapy, failure rate, focal therapy, hereditary retinoblastoma, visual acuity
Earlier diagnosis and more rigorous treatment regimens have contributed to better outcomes for patients with retinoblastoma. This study looked at 24 patients with hereditary bilateral retinoblastoma treated with systemic chemotherapy during a ten year period (2001-2011). The medical notes were...
Intraocular Inflammation
1 August 2018
| Jaya Myneni
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Ophthalmology
Intraocular Inflammation is an encyclopedic treatise on uveitis. The editors have invited several experts in the field to author different chapters and provide the reader with an excellent repository of knowledge, experience and evidence on the subject. The approach to...
Lothian Optometry Teach and Treat Clinic
1 December 2013
| Colin R Goudie, Niamh Stone, Donald Cameron, Abha Gupta
The Lothian Optometry Teach and Treat (LOTT) Clinic is a supervised training clinic for community optometrists with an interest in managing patients with acute eye pathology, normally managed in the hospital setting. LOTT, which is the first clinic of its...
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital first in UK to use ultra-wide field OCT angiography machine in patient facing setting
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital announces it is the first in the UK to utilise the ultra-wide field OCT angiography machine, the Xephilio OCT-S1 from Canon, in a patient facing setting.Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology Third Edition
1 August 2015
| Bina Parmer
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
The Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology came out in 2006 and is now in its third edition. It is a valuable concise resource with over 1000 pages to cover initial assessment, diagnosis and management of a comprehensive range of ophthalmic problems....
A case of retinal cavernous haemangioma – don’t let it slip through the grapevine
4 December 2023
| Mary Henry, Jerald William
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
We present a case of a seven-year-old male who presented to the emergency eye referral clinic with red eye. He was diagnosed and treated for allergic conjunctivitis, however, on clinic review, wide field retinal imaging was performed (as has been...
Outcomes of adult new-onset strabismus presenting acutely
1 September 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study evaluated causes, neuroimaging rates and results, and clinical courses of adults presenting to an ophthalmology emergency department with diagnosis of new-onset strabismus. This was a retrospective study of 557 adults (54.8% male) with mean age of 57.3 ±16.7...
Outcomes of treated adult-onset ET
1 December 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study describes a large cohort of 248 patients with adult onset esotropia (ET) due to a range of causes and details preoperative characteristics, operative procedures and surgical outcomes. Mean age at diagnosis was 52 years. Diagnoses included cranial nerve...
The challenges of rural optometry and how independent prescribing has helped
1 February 2017
| Ian Rough
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EYE - General
Why move from a busy professional independent Aberdeen optometry practice over 200 miles to one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom? I could talk about the professional challenge of supporting a rural community, or the chance to...
Working smarter not harder: How to transform eyecare delivery in the United Kingdom (part 2)
1 February 2022
| Rosalind Harrison
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EYE - General
Are we doing enough to meet the current demands on ophthalmic services? In part two of a two-part series (see Part 1 here), Rosalind Harrison explains how efficiency can be improved by setting up eye services in community hubs. The...
Neurofibromatosis type 1 features
5 August 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The aim in this study was to identify the incidence and de nova mutation rate of Neurofibramatosis type 1 (NF1) and describe the ocular and non-ocular findings in a population-based cohort of patients diagnosed over a 30-year period. The study...