Visual loss resulting from immunosuppressive therapy in patients with syphilitic uveitis.

abstract：:Retinitis and panuveitis in immunocompetent patients is a rare and sight-threatening disease, of difficult diagnosis. A case of a 31-year-old male who presented with unilateral placoid retinitis and panuveitis, unsuccessfully treated as acute retinal necrosis, that in fact was syphilis, with neurosyphilis and excellen...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Zambon F,Silva FL,Cavalcante AF,Nakashima Y,Helal J Jr

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the percentage of ophthalmologic patients who search for a second opinion and to verify the main reason for this search. METHODS:The methodology of the present study consists of a direct interview with 806 ophthalmologic patients, attended at a specialized hospital, through an adequately elaborated...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Obeid WN,Vieira LA,Frangieh AY

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the resources use, costs and effectiveness of non-penetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS). METHODS:A retrospective cohort of NPDS patients was analyzed. Eyes were stratified according to glaucoma severity into 3 groups: 1 (early), 2 (moderate) and 3 (severe). NPDS associated resources were based on the f...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Guedes RA,Guedes VM,Chaoubah A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) has emerged as a viable option in the surgical management of open-angle glaucoma. Our aim is to assess the cost-effectiveness of NPDS and to compare it to maximum medical treatment in a 5-year follow-up. METHODS:A decision analysis model was built. Surgical (NPDS) arm of...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Guedes RA,Guedes VM,Chaoubah A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the relationship between quantitative iris parameters and the presence of keratoconus. METHODS:Cross-sectional observational study that included 15 affected eyes of 15 patients with keratoconus and 26 eyes of 26 normal age- and sex-matched controls. Iris parameters (area, thickness, and pupil di...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Bonfadini G,Arora K,Vianna LM,Campos M,Friedman D,Muñoz B,Jun AS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy and safety of a manual microkeratome and an artificial anterior chamber for lamellar keratoplasty (ALTK system). METHODS:Twenty-one eyes with superficial corneal opacities were submitted to semi-automated lamellar keratectomy. In recipient eyes keratectomy was performed as...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Maia NC,Chamon W,Castelo Branco B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ichthyosis follicular, alopecia, and photophobia (IFAP) syndrome is a rare disease, with possible X-linked mode of inheritance. The patient presented with ocular findings of photophobia, corneal scarring and erosions, superficial and deep corneal vascularization and myopia. He was treated with artificial tears and pun...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Höpker LM,Ribeiro CG,Oliveira LM,Moreira AT

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evaluation of the nerve fiber thicknesses of the macula, choroid, and retina using the apnea-hypopnea index in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) without systemic components. METHODS:Prospective, controlled study. The central macular, choroidal, and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickn...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Yuvacı İ,Pangal E,Bayram N,Yüksel SA,Alabay B,Ağadayı A,Sırakaya E,Gülhan A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the ophthalmic artery hemodynamics in patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS:Doppler parameters of ophthalmic artery of 18 patients with chronic heart failure in different stages of the disease were compared with 21 healthy volunteers (control group). These parameters were also correlated wit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Almeida-Freitas DB,Meira-Freitas D,Melo LA Jr,Paranhos A Jr,Iared W,Ajzen S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to evaluate the visual and anatomical outcomes after cataract surgery in diabetic patients with different intraoperative therapeutic strategies. METHODS:The research design comprised of a multicentric, retrospective, interventional study conducted at 6 centers in Argentina, Brazil, Cost...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Gallego-Pinazo R,Dolz-Marco R,Berrocal M,Wu L,Maia M,Serrano M,Alezzandrini A,Arévalo JF,Díaz-Llopis M,Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group (PACORES).

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canaliculitis is a rare infection of the lacrimal canaliculus with Actinomyces israelii as its most common etiologic agent. The objective of this paper is to report a rare pathology, as well as its clinical and surgical management. Female patient, 44 years old, presenting clinical manifestations compatible with canali...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Carneiro RC,Macedo EM,Oliveira PP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the reliability of ultrasound in determining the size and identify the sonographic features and artifacts generated by intraocular foreign bodies of different materials. METHODS:Experimental study using 36 enucleated porcine eyes. Fragments of nine different compositions (wood, glass, plastic, c...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Costa MA,Garcia PN,Barroso LF,Ferreira MA,Okuda ÉA,Allemann N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose::To investigate the short-term (1 week) and long-term (8 weeks) protective effects of zinc administration on radioiodine (RAI)-induced lacrimal gland damage of rats. Methods::A total of 40 rats were divided into two groups: an RAI group (n=20), which was administrated a single dose of 3 mCi of 131I and 1 mL ph...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Ornek F,Acar DE,Acar U,Ozdemir O,Atilgan HI,Yumusak N,Ozgermen BB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The outcomes of the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) seem to be better in inborn patients than in those patients who were referred for ROP treatment. This study aims to investigate the timing of treatment and the outcomes in inborn patients and in patients referred for treatment to the Hospital de ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Fortes Filho JB,Eckert GU,Valiatti FB,Santos PG,Costa MC,Procianoy RS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of inadvertent retention of Descemet's membrane after penetrating keratoplasty for Fuchs dystrophy is reported. The challenges to remove it during cataract surgery are commented, as well as a proposal of a new surgical approach. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Marback E,Melo CL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To evaluate the retina nerve fiber layer by laser polarimetry in patients in chronic use of chloroquine. METHODS:Forty-four eyes of twenty-two patients were studied. These were in use of chloroquine due to rheumatic diseases during at least one year. As a control group, twenty patients without use of chloroqu...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Antunes Dde A,Cavalcanti HD,Leal D,Santana HV,Santos RA,Santos LP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To document the clinical features, systemic association, treatment and evolution of 23 patients with posterior scleritis evaluated in the Uveitis service of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. METHODS:23 patients were identified with the diagnosis of posterior scleritis. Signals and symptoms, visual acuity...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Machado Dde O,Curi AL,Bessa TF,Campos WR,Oréfice F

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with uveitis in an emergency eye care center. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, observational study of patients with active uveitis admitted between May 2012 and July 2012 to an emergency eye care center. RESULTS:The majority of patient...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Camilo EN,Moura GL,Arantes TE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness of mitomycin C (MMC) in preventing recurrence of pterygium following conjunctival autograft transplantation (CAT). Ki-67 antigen to evaluate epithelial cell proliferation and fibroblast nuclear kariometry were used to assist treatment evaluation. METHODS:Twenty-nine patients with ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Almeida Junior GC,Frederico FB,Watanabe KP,Garcia TV,Iquejiri AY,Cury PM,Taboga SR,Azoubel R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optical coherence tomography (OCT) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) findings of a 58-year-old male with acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis are reported herein. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/150 in the right eye (OD) and 20/30 in the left eye (OS) at presentation. On funduscopy, there ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Meira-Freitas D,Farah ME,Höfling-Lima AL,Aggio FB

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare knowledge of medical students about the cornea donation process among those who already studied Ophthalmology and the others. METHODOS: A questionnaire containing data as: age, sex, graduation year, and 10 multiple-choice questions about the subject was applied to medical students from the interior o...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： de Espíndola RF,Rodrigues BA,Penteado LT,Tan-Ho G,Gozzan JO,de Freitas JA

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH), a well-established multiorgan disorder affecting pigmented structures, is an autoimmune disorder of melanocyte proteins in genetically susceptible individuals. Several clinical and experimental data point to the importance of the effector role of CD4+ T cells and Th1 cytokines, the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Damico FM,Bezerra FT,Silva GC,Gasparin F,Yamamoto JH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mitomycin C has been used in ophthalmic surgery to mitigate postoperative scarring. However, the outcomes of endoscopic-assisted probing for the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction with adjunctive mitomycin C in children remain unknown. Our study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety o...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Galindo-Ferreiro A,Khandekar R,Akaishi PM,Cruz AAV,Galvez-Ruiz A,Dolmetsch A,Schellini SA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To check intraocular pressure (IOP) in individuals using prostaglandin, prostamide or beta-blocker analogues, who sustain either primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension after reading, exercise or exercise combined with reading. METHODS:40 individuals (79 eyes), subdivided in to five groups: G1 (with...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Medina AM,Lima NV,Santos RC,Pereira MC,Santos PM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uveal melanoma is the most common adult primary intraocular cancer. Although liver metastasis is common to the natural history of the disease, metastasis to the fellow eye is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a 59-year-old man with choroidal melanoma in his right eye who underwent enucleation at a different c...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Belfort RN,Müller MS,Isenberg J,Ferraz P,Szejnfeld D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the main indications for corneal transplantation, analyze the results and provide demographic and epidemiological profile of patients referred to the Corneal Transplantation Project. METHODS:A retrospective analysis, from June to December 2003, of patients referred to the Corneal Transplantation Pr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Calix Netto MJ,Giustina ED,Ramos GZ,Peccini RF,Sobrinho M,de Souza LB

更新日期：2006-09-01 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 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：Purpose::To compare central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements of healthy individuals obtained with ultrasonic pachymetry (UP) and non-contact specular microscopy (NCSM). Method::In total, 148 eyes of 74 subjects with no ocular or systemic diseases were included in the study. Central corneal thickness measurements o...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Çevik SG,Duman R,Çevik MT,Kıvanç SA,Akova-Budak B,Perente I,Duman R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00