Posterior keratoconus and iris atrophy: a fortuitous association?

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the ability of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to diagnose macular changes pre- and post-cataract surgery and to identify changes in central foveal thickness (CFT) relative to age, sex, and presence of concomitant ophthalmic pathologies, for a period of 6 months post-surgery. ME...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Moreira Neto CA,Moreira Júnior CA,Moreira AT

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Pediatric cataracts constitute an important cause of low visual acuity. PURPOSE:The objective of the present work is to know the characteristics of this pathology in an ophthalmic attention unit of a developing country. METHODS:A retrospective, descriptive, transversal study was carried out in 328 cases ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Zimmermann-Paiz MA,Quiroga-Reyes CR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the correlation between the preoperative visual acuity (VA) obtained by the potential acuity meter (PAM) and the postoperative VA in a patient submitted to cataract surgery, as well as its correlation with the dominant morphologic classification of the cataract. METHODS:This is a prospective study ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Chiacchio BB,Sato RM,Siqueira RB,Marques FF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the outcomes of two surgical techniques of penetrating keratoplasty with different surgical time, regarding the crystalline and the intraocular lens. METHODS:This retrospective study included 37 patients' eyes divided into 2 groups: extracapsular cataract extraction, posterior chamber intraocular le...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Leão DM,de Sousa LB

更新日期：2006-07-01 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: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 evaluate the fitting and use of a soft contact lens in keratoconic patients. METHODS:Retrospective study on 80 eyes of 66 patients, fitted with a special soft contact lens for keratoconus, at the Contact Lens Section of UNIFESP and private clinics. Keratoconus was classified according to degrees of disease ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Yamazaki ES,da Silva VC,Morimitsu V,Sobrinho M,Fukushima N,Lipener C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid is a very rare slow-growing tumor and is considered an aggressive eyelid neoplasm. It can reach mortality rate of about 6%. Diagnosis is often delayed because of its ability to masquerade as other periocular lesions, both clinically and histologically. We present three cases of sebace...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Vianna LM,Cariello AJ,Lowen MS,Sant'Anna AE,Hofling-Lima AL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) remains a leading cause of blindness in the western world. Several clinical forms of the disease are recognized, whereas choroidal neovascularization (CNV) represents an important manifestation suitable for treatment. The treatment of CNV has been a major focus of research in th...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Rodrigues EB,Rossi EE,Grumann Junior A,Meyer CH,Ho AC

更新日期：2006-09-01 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 show the subperiosteal midface lift as an option to treat cicatricial eyelid ectropion. METHODS:Nine patients submitted to 12 surgeries to correct cicatricial eyelid ectropion, were evaluated according sex, age and treatment results. All the patients had the surgery done under local anesthesia and the midfa...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Schellini SA,Sampaio Junior Ade A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Bilateral orbital metastases restricted to the extraocular muscles (EOMs) are exceedingly rare. We report a case of bilateral extraocular muscle metastases from a small cell lung carcinoma and provide a review of the relevant literature. A 56-year-old smoker presented with proptosis, motility changes, and a relative a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Crisostomo S,Cardigos J,Fernandes DH,Luís ME,Pires GN,Duarte AF,Boavida AM

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon and ribavirin are medications widely used in the treatment of some systemic diseases, mainly hepatitis C. Ribavirin when associated with interferon increases the rate of success of this treatment. There are about 170 million patients with chronic hepatitis C in the world, many in use of these medications. T...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Helal J Jr,Zacharias LC,de Alencar LM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the advantages and the complications of the use of hard palate graft in the reconstruction of the inferior eyelids with large basocelular carcinoma. METHODS:Review of specialized articles and report of the technique used in the Oculoplastic Department of the "Hospital Santa Casa de Porto Alegre"...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Burmann TG,Marcon I,Rizzato T,Scheid K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate ocular straylight before and after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for low myopia with and without topical mitomycin (MMC) treatment. METHODS:Patients who underwent PRK for low myopia were enrolled into the study. PRK without MMC was performed in 21 eyes (12 patients), whereas PRK with topical 0....

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Torricelli AA,Parede TR,Netto MV,Crestana FP,Bechara SJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the retrospective experience of a reference center in the diagnosis and treatment of orbital eosinophilic granuloma. METHODS:A review of the files in the Opththalmic Pathology Laboratory, of the Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, between 1974 and 2004, was ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Marback EF,Guimarães RD,Nader M,Moitinho LM,Marback RL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compare the retinal structure of the macula and fovea among premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) stages II and III post treatment, premature infants with ROP stages II and III with spontaneous regression and premature infants without ROP, through optical coherence tomography (OCT) and binocul...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Bonotto LB,Moreira AT,Bortolotto CM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the safety and efficacy of human preserved amniotic membrane (AM) in the trabeculectomy for treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma. METHODS:A prospective, randomized clinical trial compared primary trabeculectomy with amniotic membrane (study group) and without amniotic membrane (control group) in...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Eliezer RN,Kasahara N,Caixeta-Umbelino C,Pinheiro RK,Mandia C Jr,Malta RF

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate dacrycystographic examination in patients with suspicion of lacrimal apparatus obstruction. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed to evaluate dacryocystographies of 100 adults suspected of nasolacrimal duct obstruction at the "Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu-UNESP". The data were submitted ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Schellini SA,Hercules LA,Padovani CR,Nascimento SM,Lopes PS,Schellini Rde C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure, using the retinal thickness analyzer, the mean foveal thickness and the mean perifoveal thickness values on patients suffering from mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy without clinically detectable macular edema (classified by the ETDRS study), and compare them with healthy individuals. MET...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Ramalho LH,Avila MP,Moraes Júnior HV,Damasceno Ede F

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether any topical anti-glaucoma medications increase the risk of lacrimal drainage system obstruction or whether the presence of preservatives alone is sufficient to generate obstruction. METHODS:This nested case-control study compared a group of patients with lacrimal duct obstruction who receiv...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Ortiz-Basso T,Galmarini A,Vigo RL,Gonzalez-Barlatay JM,Premoli EJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the unusual case of a 35 year-old woman with stage IV melanoma and widespread metastases, who was undergoing treatment with interferon alpha-2b and who presented with interferon-associated retinopathy. The patient, who had been taking interferon treatment for three months, complained of a sudden loss of vis...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Borrego-Sanz L,Sáenz-Francés F,Fernández-Tresguerres MF,Jiménez-Santos M,Donate-López J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old woman with acute loss of vision in her left eye was examined in our clinic. Two months before arriving at out clinic, she was diagnosed with pancreatic endothelial carcinoma. Her visual acuities were 20/20 for the right and 20/200 for the left eye. Fundus examination and fundus fluorescein angiography sh...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Bilgin AB,Apaydin KC,Unal M,Ilhan HD,Turkoglu EB,Aydin N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the aqueous humor (AH) concentrations of moxifloxacin 0.5% and gatifloxacin 0.3% solutions alone or when treatment was combined with steroids, and to correlate these concentrations with the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) for the most common endophthalmitis-causing organisms. METHODS:Patient...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Gomes RLR,Viana RG,Melo LAS Jr,Cruz AC,Lima AAS Filho,Suenaga EM,Campos M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess scientific production related to ophthalmology and vision in Latin America during the period from 2006 to 2015. METHODS:The PubMed, Lilacs (Bireme), Google Scholar, SciELO, and Medigraphic databases were evaluated for this retrospective, descriptive, and comparative study. RESULTS:A total of 1,510 a...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Galván LC,Ríos N,Lansingh VC,Lee Á,Wu L,Lopez E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome is chronic systemic autoimmune disease with ocular, nervous, auditory and tegumental manifestations. We report here the case of a child with onset of symptoms at four years and two months of age, with positive HLA DRB1*01. ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Lucena DR,Paula JS,Silva GC,Rodrigues Mde L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three rare cases of ethmoid osteoma extending to the medial quadrant of the orbit that had singular particularities, such as occurring in women, at an unusual age group, and complaint of epiphora. The radiographic images were typical of this condition. Patients were submitted to surgery with complete resolut...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Cordeiro de Carvalho CS,Schellini SA,Tagliarini JV,Nakajima V,Domingues MA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00