Interferon-associated retinopathy in a patient with metastatic melanoma.

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the microsurgery dexterity outcomes of two sequential training evaluations using virtual reality technology. METHODS:This was a multicenter cross-sectional study of all candidates who were accepted as first-year residents at one of six ophthalmology teaching institutions. Residents were subjected to ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Vieira IV,Sakaya BN,Soares LVB,Chamon W

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose::This study aimed to explore the effects of the Valsalva maneuver (VM) on ectatic corneas during anterior segment tomography scans using a Scheimpflug camera. Methods::This prospective observational study included 100 eyes of 50 patients with bilateral keratoconus (KC). Anterior segment tomography was first pe...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Koçluk Y,Sukgen EA,Cevher S

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose::To evaluate whether reducing eyelid muscular force through the administration of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) to the orbicularis oculi muscles of patients with keratoconus affected corneal parameters indicative of disease progression. Methods::In this prospective parallel randomized clinical trial, 40 eyes ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Renesto ADC,Osaki TH,Osaki MH,Hirai FE,Campos M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a seven year-old male patient, born at term without any perinatal complications, referred to the Retina/Vitreous Service for diagnostic elucidation. He had a history of progressive visual acuity loss on his left eye that started four years ago. On examination, he had decreased corneal diameter an...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Lavezzo MM,Barreira AK Jr,Zacharias LC,Takahashi WY

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate rabbit adipocytes of the orbital fat tissue after enucleation and evisceration. METHODS:Twenty-tree specimens from 23 rabbits aged 42 days which had undergone socket surgery (evisceration and enucleation) were evaluated. The animals were sacrificed on the 30th, 90th and 180th postoperative day. The...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Shiratori CA,Schellin SA,Marques ME,Padovani CR,Padovani CR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal spindle-cell neoplasm commonly found in the pleura; it is rare in the orbit and extremely rare in the lacrimal gland. We herein report a case of SFT of the lacrimal gland that mimicked a pleo morphic adenoma. We discuss the clinical, radiological, histopathological, a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Feijó ED,Nery ACS,Caiado FR,Limongi RM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report a case of childhood glaucoma refractory to angle and trabeculectomy surgery. The patient was treated with an Ahmed™ drainage implant that was subsequently complicated by rapid-onset panophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis. Intravenous and intravitreal antibiotic therapy was initiated and the drainage tub...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Esporcatte BL,Teixeira LF,Rolim-de-Moura C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case in which a patient with intraorbital Langerhans' cell granuloma, with anatomical and functional skills compromised by intraorbital hypertension, which was treated with urgency orbitotomy by cranial approach. Male, two years-old, presented conjuntival proptosis, red eye, complete ophthalmoplegy, exoph...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Valentim Neto JG,Schaurich CG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness in in-traocular pressure reduction and safety of micropulse trans-scleral diode cyclophotocoagulation in refractory glaucoma. METHODS:We prospectively evaluated a case series of 21 eyes of 21 consecutive patients with refractory glaucoma treated with micropulse transscleral diode ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Jammal AA,Costa DC,Vasconcellos JPC,Costa VP

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the knowledge glaucoma patients have about their disease and its treatment. METHODS:One hundred and eighty-three patients were interviewed at the Glaucoma Service of Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, USA, Group 1) and 100 at the Glaucoma Service of University of Campinas (Campinas, Brazil, Group 2)...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Costa VP,Spaeth GL,Smith M,Uddoh C,Vasconcellos JP,Kara-José N

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waardenburg syndrome (WS) type I is a non-progressive auditory-pigmentary disorder comprising congenital sensorineural hearing loss and pigmentary disturbances of the iris, hair, and skin, along with dystopia canthorum (lateral displacement of the inner canthi). Affected individuals may have higher risk of: neural tub...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Silva PC,Rangel P,Couto A Jr

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye banks use sterile procedures to manipulate the eye, antiseptic measures for ocular surface decontamination, and rigorous criteria for donor selection to minimize the possibility of disease transmission due to corneal grafting. Donor selection focuses on analysis of medical records and specific post-mortem serologi...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Sousa SJFE,Sousa SBFE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate the use of automated quantitative static and dynamic pupillometry in screening patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and different stages of diabetic retinopathy. METHOD:155 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus group) were included in this study and another 145 age- a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Cankurtaran V,Ilhan C,Tekin K,Citirik M,Dirican E,Gurkan E

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate optical coherence tomography efficacy to evaluate macular anatomical outcomes, in eyes with silicone oil-filled vitreous cavity after vitrectomy. METHODS:A descriptive observational study of 28 (twenty-eight) patients submitted to pars plana vitrectomy having silicone oil as vitreous substitute....

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Maia OO Jr,Takahashi WY,Nakashima Y,Primiano Júnior HP,Takahashi BS,Nakashima AF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new model of orbital implant, matching the low cost of acrylic implants (PMMA) with the advantages of medpor (Porex) is presented herein. The new implant model consists of a PMMA implant with a dura mater scrap adhered on its anterior face of the same diameter of the acrylic implant and a medpor snip adhered on its ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Araf D,Assae OM,Brito RV,Aquino G Jr,Silva TA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine factors associated with the test-retest variability of optic nerve head (ONH) topography measurements with confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (CSLO) in newly diagnosed glaucomatous patients. METHODS:Consecutive patients with newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma were prospectively enroll...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Prata TS,Meira-Freitas D,Lima VC,Guedes LM,Magalhães FP,Paranhos Junior A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 23-month-old female infant with a diagnosis of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and hemorrhagic retinopathy. The patient had a past history of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and acute renal failure. On ophthalmologic examination, indirect ophthalmoscopy revealed extensive areas of flame-shap...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Geraissate JC,Yamamoto RE,Isaac DL,Ávila MP

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral retinitis pigmentosa is a rare disease characterized by loss of photoreceptors and retinal pigment deposition without affecting the contralateral eye. Although described more than one hundred years its existence is still questioned. This article reports a case of a patient with abnormalities suggestive of u...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Rios DF,Carneiro LF,Cunha AA,Dalle CB,Frasson M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To evaluate the effects of nalbuphine 1% on the expression of metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1), metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), and opioid growth factor (OGF) in rabbit corneas after lamellar keratectomy. METHODS:The rabbits were assigned to two groups: group nalbuphine (GN, n=30), which received 30 µL of nalbuphine ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Silva ML,Ribeiro AP,Silva GA,Sanchez IX,Renzo R,Uscategui R,Lima TB,Aldrovani M,Laus JL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate refractional astigmatism prevalence and its relationship with grating acuity in a cohort of non-verbal children. METHODS:482 normal children, aged from 2 to 36 months, were submitted to ophthalmological examination. Fourteen subjects were excluded due to ocular disease and the sample remained with ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Lipener C,Munoz Ede H,Moreira JB,Berezovsky A,Salomão SR,Ventura DF

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The treatment of glaucoma is made initially with the use of eyedrops, with the purpose to decrease intraocular pressure and to minimize the damages to the optic nerve. The lack of compliance with drug therapy can be influenced by factors related to patients, doctors and medicines. PURPOSES:To estimate the...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Castro AN,Mesquita WA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe an unusual patient with a choreiform movement disorder, misdiagnosed as Huntington disease, who later developed dense vitreitis leading to the identification of Treponema pallidum as the underlying pathogen of both abnormalities. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Pereira LS,Wu AP,Kandavel G,Memarzadeh F,McCulley TJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent visual loss can be caused by improper use of immunosuppressive therapy in cases of uveitis without differential diagnosis of syphilitic uveitis. We present four cases of syphilitic uveitis that were incorrectly diagnosed as being secondary to rheumatic diseases and were subsequently treated with immunosuppre...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Afonso VC,Nascimento H,Belfort RM,Sato EI,Muccioli C,Belfort R Jr

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To culture quiescent human keratocytes and evaluate the effects of ultraviolet light and riboflavin on human corneal keratocytes in vitro. METHODS:Keratocytes were obtained from remaining corneoscleral ring donor corneas previously used in corneal transplant surgeries and cultured in DMEM/F12 with 2% FBS until...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Covre JL,Cristovam PC,Loureiro RR,Hazarbassanov RM,Campos M,Sato ÉH,Gomes JÁ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To evaluate changes in ocular blood flow and subfoveal choroidal thickness in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis after carotid artery stenting. METHODS:We included 15 men (mean age, 63.6 ± 9.1 years) with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis and 18 healthy volunteers (all men; mean age, 63.7 ± 5...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Biberoglu E,Eraslan M,Midi I,Baltacioglu F,Bitargil M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the RPS Adenodetector, a rapid immunochromatographic test, in the diagnosis of patients with clinical overt adenoviral conjunctivitis. METHODS:Consecutive case series. Patients underwent conjunctiva scraping for RPS Adenodetector test and culture to identify adenovirus. RESULTS:A total of 11 patie...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Barbosa Junior JB,Regatieri CV,de Paiva TM,Benega MA,Ishida MA,Corrêa KO,de Freitas D,Belfort Junior R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the pain responses of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) undergoing panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) using either pattern scan laser (PASCAL) or navigated laser photocoagulation (NAVILAS). METHODS:Patients diagnosed with PDR were randomly assigned to undergo either PASCAL or NAV...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Inan UU,Polat O,Inan S,Yigit S,Baysal Z

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the intraocular pressure (IOP) and ocular rigidity (E) at 1, 3, 6 and 24 postoperative months in eyes that underwent LASIK. METHODS:The IOP measured by Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) and by the 5.5 and 10 gm. weights of a standardized Schioetz tonometer (ST) and the E measured by differential t...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Cronemberger S,Guimarães CS,Calixto N,Calixto JM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practical advantages of quantifying an angle by a ratio of linear lengths instead of arcs of circles has led to the definition of the prism-diopter, a conventional unity for numbering prisms and measuring strabismic deviations. However, a major inconvenience of using prism-diopter unities to express angular measur...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Bicas HE

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate sensibility and specificity of a screening questionnaire with multivariable analysis, compare them and elaborate an artificial neural network for future screenings. METHODS:Observational, transversal study performed at UNIFESP, with 48 patients with allergic conjunctivitis and 54 children without t...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Goulart DA,Tacla MA,Marback PM,Solé D,Paranhos Junior A,Perez HB,de Freitas D,Sato EH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00