Interstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome presenting with bilateral optic disk edema.

abstract：:A 71-year-old woman had von Willebrand's disease, an inheritable abnormality of platelet activity, and developed diabetic retinal neovascularization. A 59-year-old man had a myeoloproliferative disorder with thrombocythemia but may have had retinal changes before the development of his platelet dysfunction. The occurr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ho PC,Feman SS,Stein RS,McKee LC

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case series of contact lens-related corneal ulcers in compliant patients with no apparent predisposing factors. DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:Charts of 70 patients with contact lens-related corneal ulcers from July 1999 to June 2002 were reviewed. Lens care hygiene and method of disinf...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Najjar DM,Aktan SG,Rapuano CJ,Laibson PR,Cohen EJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In five cases choroidal malignant melanoma spontaneously converted from epitheloid to spindle cell and vice versa. The cultured epitheloid cells divided more frequently and grew faster than the spindle cells. Cells from one tumor were cloned and developed into a cell line. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Irvine AR,Mannagh J,Arya DV

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether hypothermia of 8 degrees C can protect cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (ARPE-19) cells and rat retinal ganglion cells (RGC-5) against trypan blue (TB) toxicity. DESIGN:Laboratory investigation. METHODS:ARPE-19 cells and RGC-5 were exposed to balanced salt solution as controls, a...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kunikata H,Abe T,Murata H,Sagara Y,Wakusawa R,Sato H,Yoshida M,Fuse N,Tamai M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old man had a clinically suspected malignant melanoma in his left eye. On microscopic study, the enucleated eye harbored an unusual choroidal tumor that had extended extraocularly. This tumor had been variously interpreted microscopically as an angiosarcoma, an atpical angioma, a glioma, or a neurilemoma. El...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jakobiec FA,Witschel H,Zimmerman LE

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine suture removals from 20 eyes (21 patients) on which penetrating keratoplasty had been performed were analyzed in a nonrandomized consecutive study to evaluate the role of computer-assisted corneal topography in selective suture removal to reduce astigmatism. Topographic guidance for suture removal resulted...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Strelow S,Cohen EJ,Leavitt KG,Laibson PR

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish the medium-term repeatability of the iPad perimetry app Melbourne Rapid Fields (MRF) compared to Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) 24-2 SITA-standard and SITA-fast programs. DESIGN:Multicenter longitudinal observational clinical study. METHODS:Sixty patients (stable glaucoma/ocular hypertension/glauc...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Prea SM,Kong YXG,Mehta A,He M,Crowston JG,Gupta V,Martin KR,Vingrys AJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty is a new technique for the replacement of diseased corneal endothelium with healthy donor endothelium. During this procedure, manipulation of the donor endothelium-Descemet membrane layer within the recipient anterior chamber can be associated with loss of the correct ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bachmann BO,Laaser K,Cursiefen C,Kruse FE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a near-real-time data warehouse (DW) in an academic ophthalmologic center to gain scientific use of increasing digital data from electronic medical records (EMR) and diagnostic devices. DESIGN:Database development. METHODS:Specific macular clinic user interfaces within the institutional hospital in...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kortüm KU,Müller M,Kern C,Babenko A,Mayer WJ,Kampik A,Kreutzer TC,Priglinger S,Hirneiss C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I devised a new technique using a thermal wedge resection at the time of keratoplasty to reduce excessive amounts of corneal astigmatism. Surface cautery was used to draw this thermal wedge of corneal tissue into the area to be trephined, and removed at surgery from the patient's cornea. The final result was the same ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hatch JL

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a patient with uveal effusion and intermittent angle-closure glaucoma associated with primary pulmonary hypertension. METHODS:Observational case report. RESULTS:A 78-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension noticed pain and decreased vision in her right eye. Ocular examination disclosed ex...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Krohn J,Bjune C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To detect potential differences in the phenotypes between Western normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) and Korean NTG. DESIGN:A retrospective, cross-sectional study. METHODS:One hundred eighty-four NTG eyes of 71 patients of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, and 113 patients of th...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kim JM,Jeoung JW,Bitrian E,Supawavej C,Mock D,Park KH,Caprioli J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied cell-mediated immunity to staphylococcal antigens in 116 patients with chronic blepharitis and eight normal subjects. Antibodies in tears and blood were measured. Enhanced cell-mediated immunity to Staphylococcus aureus was demonstrated in 46 of 116 patients (40%) in the absence of antibodies to teichoic ac...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ficker L,Ramakrishnan M,Seal D,Wright P

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate whether indocyanine green stains the inner limiting membrane of the retina or residual vitreous cortex. METHODS:We report on the intraoperative staining patterns of the vitreomacular interface in 10 eyes of 10 consecutive patients who underwent vitrectomy with indocyanine green staining for macu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gandorfer A,Messmer EM,Ulbig MW,Kampik A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the formation of pigmented membranes on acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) after phacoemulsification and to determine the clinical characteristics of these pigmented membranes. DESIGN:Observational case series. METHODS:Four eyes of three patients were found to have pigmented membranes on their acryli...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Choi J,Kim TW

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize outcomes for patients who develop full-thickness macular holes after pars plana vitrectomy. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed data for 47 consecutive patients (47 eyes) who developed full-thickness macular holes after initial pars plana vitrectomy for a variety of indications. All patients un...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kumagai K,Ogino N,Furukawa M,Larson E,Uemura A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively compare the safety and efficacy of deep lamellar keratoplasty (DLKP) and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized clinical trial. METHODS:Consecutive 26 eyes of 24 patients who had stromal opacity without endothelial abnormalities were randomly assigned to either PKP or ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shimazaki J,Shimmura S,Ishioka M,Tsubota K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a novel imaging technique, which we call "dense B-scan optical coherence tomography angiography" (DB OCTA), in which thin dense raster scans are used to produce highly resolved structural B-scans with superimposed flow signal that provide precise correlation between retinal microstructure and blood ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Freund KB,Gattoussi S,Leong BCS

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To correlate the anatomic features of the macula with functional parameters like location and stability of fixation in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration treated with intravitreal ranibizumab injections. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. METHODS:The location and stability of fixation were...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mathew R,Pearce E,Sivaprasad S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the incidence and risk factors of elevated IOP following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). DESIGN:A retrospective case series. METHODS:A retrospective study investigating the 5-year incidence of raised IOP following DALK cases performed from 2004 to 2008 in a tertiary center. Patients with...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Huang OS,Mehta JS,Htoon HM,Tan DT,Wong TT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine characteristics of peri-dome choroidal deepening (PDCD) surrounding dome-shaped maculas (DSMs) in highly myopic eyes. DESIGN:Observational case series. METHODS:Applying swept-source optical coherence tomography, we examined the posterior pole of highly myopic eyes with DSMs. RESULTS:The study in...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ohno-Matsui K,Fang Y,Uramoto K,Shinohara K,Yokoi T,Ishida T,Jonas JB

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An association of glaucoma and sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) has been widely reported. We investigated the largest group of patients with SAS thus far to determine the prevalence of glaucoma among these patients. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:An institutional study. STUDY POPULATION:A total of 228 patie...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Geyer O,Cohen N,Segev E,Rath EZ,Melamud L,Peled R,Lavie P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine factors of uveal malignant melanoma that would help to predict prognosis in Japanese patients. METHODS:From 1969 to 1994, 23 eyes with uveal malignant melanoma were enucleated from 23 Japanese patients, and 16 of these patients were studied. In the 16 patients, enucleated eyes were evaluated for t...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakamoto T,Sakamoto M,Yoshikawa H,Hata Y,Ishibashi T,Ohnishi Y,Inomata H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a model of choroidal neovascularization feeder vessels that reconciles current histologic, angiographic, and clinical data, and to report experimental studies that investigate the potential of indocyanine-green-dye-enhanced photocoagulation to improve feeder-vessel treatment. METHODS:A model of choro...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Flower RW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We made 344 stereoacuity determinations (Titmus Stereotest) on 321 children, ages 1 1/2 to 13 years, who had normal binocular single vision tested by other factors. The data showed a gradual improvement in stereoacuity scores with increasing age--up to age 9--when a normal stereoacuity of 40 seconds of arc was consist...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Romano PE,Romano JA,Puklin JE

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report 1-year results of reduced-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT) for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in Japanese patients. DESIGN:Prospective interventional case series. METHODS:In the present study, 28 treatment-naïve eyes of 28 consecutive patients underwent PDT with a reduced laser fluence of...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yamashita A,Shiraga F,Shiragami C,Ono A,Tenkumo K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a method for en face imaging of the photoreceptor inner and outer segment junction by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) and to describe findings in normal subjects and patients with various retinal diseases. DESIGN:Observational case series. METHODS:SD OCT images were acquired fr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wanek J,Zelkha R,Lim JI,Shahidi M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of bilateral acute retinal necrosis caused by cytomegalovirus. METHODS:A diagnostic vitrectomy was performed on a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who presented with a bilateral, rapidly progressing necrotizing retinitis and uveitis. RESULTS:Immunohistochemical studies and polymerase chain r...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Akpek EK,Kent C,Jakobiec F,Caliendo AM,Foster CS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine clinical outcomes in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) for keratoconus using contemporary techniques in a multisurgeon public healthcare setting. DESIGN:Consecutive, retrospective case series. METHODS:Setting: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom. STUDY POPULATION:Consecutive c...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gadhvi KA,Romano V,Fernández-Vega Cueto L,Aiello F,Day AC,Allan BD

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a patient with unilateral vision loss and neovascular glaucoma after attempted superior ophthalmic vein embolization in the treatment of a carotid-cavernous sinus fistula. METHODS:A 69-year-old man with a history of a left dural carotid-cavernous sinus fistula underwent attempted treatment with super...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gupta N,Kikkawa DO,Levi L,Weinreb RN

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00