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Non-organic visual loss
Patients can present to eye departments with various signs and symptoms (mostly symptoms) with no obvious organic cause. These patients can be labelled with any of a wide range of diagnoses such as functional visual loss, functional overlay, psychosomatic reaction...Transient visual loss caused by crowded optic discs
5 April 2022
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Young, amaurosis, crowded, female, optic disc, visual loss
The author presents four cases of transient visual loss (TVL) in young females (age range at presentation 14-22 years) with crowded optic discs. Patient demographics, investigations, medical and social histories are provided for all patients. A review of evidence for...
A novel test for unilateral functional visual loss
1 April 2017
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Bilateral concurrent eye examination, functional visual loss, head-mounted perimetry
The authors report results of three cases of functional visual loss, where regular ophthalmic testing was not sufficient to confirm the diagnosis. In these cases, bilateral concurrent eye examination was performed using a head-mounted perimeter (imo), to facilitate the diagnosis....
Strabismus surgical outcome with unilateral visual loss
1 April 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to analyse the surgical outcome of strabismus surgery in patients with unilateral visual loss and horizontal strabismus. This was a retrospective review of 21 patients. Nine children were reviewed with a mean age of...
A case report of visual loss as a consequence of coeliac disease
The authors present a case of permanent visual loss secondary to occipital lobe calcification in coeliac disease, the first reported such case. The 58-year-old man had been diagnosed with coeliac disease 20 years prior to his visual investigations and had...Reduction of severe visual loss and complications following IAC for RB
1 October 2018
| Jonathan Chan
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Child health (paediatrics), Electrophysiology, Neoplasia, Retina, Vision
This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with retinoblastoma (RB) who required intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) between 2013 and 2015, who had relapsed following systemic chemotherapy. A total of nine patients were included in the study and their ocular complications...
A case series of acute visual loss following excessive alcohol and / or drug use
1 August 2015
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Ophthalmoplegia, retinal artery occlusion, saturday night retinopathy
This study presents three cases of so called Saturday night retinopathy, an acute visual loss following intravenous drug abuse and stupor, leading to continuous pressure on the orbit while asleep. All three cases presented with acute vision loss and had...
New study uncovers key mechanism behind a common genetic cause of age-related visual loss
19 September 2024
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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endothelial cells, age, vision loss, research, academic, new, genetics, genome, Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy, FECD
A groundbreaking study has revealed important insights into the mechanisms behind Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a common cause of age-related visual loss, providing hope for future therapeutic developments, and finding implications for other neurological diseases. FECD is a common,...
Patients with low vision benefit from optical sector seeing ‘beyond the eyes’
26 February 2019
Patients with low vision are benefitting from an initiative developed by Visualise Training and Consultancy and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust.
Seeing Beyond the Eyes has released its impact report which highlights a huge increase in the number of optical professionals who will now refer patients with low vision to vital support services – up from only 9% to an impressive 96%.
SS-MIOCT for suture depth
1 February 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors describe a case in which swept-source microscope-integrated OCT (SS-MIOCT) was used to directly visualise and evaluate key suturing-related steps of strabismus surgery in real time. Using SS-MIOCT, the surgeons could visualise the precise depth of the needle through...
Blind Faith: In Conversation with Mariya Moosajee
16 August 2023
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
In light of the BBC releasing Blind Faith: Do genetic eye disease ‘treatments' work? earlier this year, a documentary which follows BBC journalist Ramadan Younes as he investigates practitioners who falsely claim to have ‘treatments’ for genetic eye disease, Eye...
The value of hospital placements in ophthalmology in general practice specialty training
2 February 2024
| Pratik Bikkannavar
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Ophthalmology
Pratik Bikkannavar provides insights into the potential benefits a placement in ophthalmology provides General Practice Specialty Trainees (GPSTs) and its valuable purpose for the wider ophthalmic community. Ophthalmic complaints are known to account for up to 1 in every 20...