Electroretinographic findings in selected pedigrees with choroideremia.

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：:Visual loss secondary to vitreous hemorrhage or retinal detachment can occur in proliferative sickle retinopathy. Severe complications including a high incidence of anterior segment necrosis have been reported in both vitrectomy and scleral buckling operations in patients with this disease. We examined four patients w...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Morgan CM,D'Amico DJ

更新日期：1987-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrastructural study of Bruch's membrane in 68 human eyes including at least five individuals from each of ten decades of life showed that changes began in the second decade in macular specimens but were delayed in nonmacular specimens. All specimens from 20-year-old donors had altered macular Bruch's membranes. T...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Feeney-Burns L,Ellersieck MR

更新日期：1985-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman had a pigmented ciliary body mass that extended through the iris into the anterior chamber. On the basis of clinical findings and ancillary diagnostic studies, the clinical diagnosis was malignant melanoma of the ciliary body. The enucleated eye showed the tumor to be composed of cells identical to...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shields JA,Augsburger JJ,Bernardino V Jr,Eller AW,Kulczycki E

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied accommodation and vergence eye movements in a patient with a left middle cerebral artery embolism. Accommodation was monitored by an infrared optometer with the accommodative target being controlled by a microcomputer. Computed tomography showed low-density areas in the left cortex, with intact brainstem. T...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ohtsuka K,Maekawa H,Takeda M,Uede N,Chiba S

更新日期：1988-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with leukemia developed corneal toxicity while receiving high doses (3 g/m2) of systemic cytarabine. Symptoms began five to seven days after initiation of treatment with high doses of systemic cytarabine and consisted of ocular pain, tearing, foreign-body sensation, photophobia, and blurred vision. All ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hopen G,Mondino BJ,Johnson BL,Chervenick PA

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To show that extending Doppler imaging into the high-frequency domain could allow detection and characterization of blood flow in small arterioles and capillaries. METHODS:A 40-MHz continuous wave Doppler system and a 60-MHz pulsed-wave Doppler system were constructed, tested, and used to examine the ciliary b...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Pavlin CJ,Christopher DA,Burns PN,Foster FS

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To verify the short-term influence of an orally administered nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug on the intraocular pressure (IOP) of primary open-angle glaucoma patients in therapy with a topical prostaglandin analog. DESIGN:Randomized cross-over double-blind study. METHODS:Sixteen adults with primary open-a...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Costagliola C,Parmeggiani F,Caccavale A,Sebastiani A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the safety of intravitreous ovine hyaluronidase for the management of vitreous hemorrhage. DESIGN:Two prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked studies. Pooled efficacy data are presented in a companion article in this issue of The Journal. METHODS:Subjects with vitreous hemorrhag...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kuppermann BD,Thomas EL,de Smet MD,Grillone LR,Vitrase for Vitreous Hemorrhage Study Groups.

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the influence of corneal allograft rejection on the survival of penetrating corneal transplantation, to review the status of conventional therapies to improve graft survival, and to consider prospects for alternative approaches to reduce the impact of rejection. DESIGN:Perspective, including prospec...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Coster DJ,Williams KA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a new surgical technique for severe, symptomatic conjunctivochalasis and our hypothesis of the pathogenesis of this condition. METHODS:Six eyes of three patients with conjunctivochalasis (average age +/-SD, 70.0 +/- 9.6 years; range, 56-78 years) were treated with a conjunctival fixation to sclera w...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Otaka I,Kyu N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether polymorphisms in the Complement Factor H (CFH) gene and the Hemicentin-1 gene at the ARMD1 locus are associated with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Japanese patients. DESIGN:Clinically relevant laboratory investigation. METHODS:Eighty unrelated Japanese patients with dry AM...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fuse N,Miyazawa A,Mengkegale M,Yoshida M,Wakusawa R,Abe T,Tamai M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1976 and 1982, we examined 13 patients with clinical and radiographic findings consistent with optic nerve sheath meningioma. All patients had visual loss, evidence of optic nerve dysfunction, centrocecal visual field defects, and echographic and computed tomographic evidence of optic nerve or sheath enlargeme...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Dutton JJ,Anderson RL

更新日期：1985-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamellar keratoplasty was done in 18 eyes with keratoconus in an attempt to obtain a more satisfactory postoperative refractive error than that after penetrating keratoplasty. The refractive error after lamellar keratoplasty was better than that after 7.5-mm penetrating keratoplasties, but the vision was not as good. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wood TO

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 98 patients, 112 eyes with chronic closed-angle or combined glaucoma were operated on using filtering iridocycloretraction, including preparation of two limbal-based scleral strips that were introduced through scleral incisions into the anterior chamber and the supraciliary space. The intraocular pressure was contr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nesterov AP,Kolesnikova LN

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the clinical characteristics of microrips of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:For this study, we retrospectively reviewed 156 consecutive eyes of 136 patients with PCV. The lesions were examined with fluorescein...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Musashi K,Tsujikawa A,Hirami Y,Otani A,Yodoi Y,Tamura H,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the outcomes of epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery in highly myopic eyes without traction maculopathy, and to compare them with those from non-highly myopic eyes. DESIGN:Retrospective nested case-control study from a cohort of 509 consecutive patients (509 eyes) who underwent pars plana vitrectomy w...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： El Sanharawi M,Sandali O,Bonnel S,Laroche L,Monin C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the influence of the extent of myopia on the progression rate of normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). DESIGN:Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS:One hundred forty-three eyes of 143 patients with NTG who were treated from 1994 through 2006 and followed up with standard automated perimetry w...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sohn SW,Song JS,Kee C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To ascertain deformation of the optic nerve head (ONH) and peripapillary tissues caused by horizontal duction. DESIGN:Prospective, experimental study. METHODS:Optical coherence tomography of the ONH region was performed in 23 eyes of 12 normal volunteers in central gaze and increasing (10, 20, and 30 degrees)...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Chang MY,Shin A,Park J,Nagiel A,Lalane RA,Schwartz SD,Demer JL

更新日期：2017-02-01 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 investigate the validity of assigning patients whose eyes have been removed for ciliary body or choroidal melanoma to risk groups for metastasis based on the identification of microcirculatory patterns in one cross-section taken from the center of the tumor. METHODS:Multiple levels were cut through the bloc...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mehaffey MG,Gardner LM,Folberg R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To delineate the clinical features, course, complications, and associated systemic diseases in patients with HLA-B27-associated uveitis. METHODS:We reviewed the records of 148 patients with HLA-B27-associated uveitis from two large uveitis practices. RESULTS:There were 127 (86%) white and 21 (14%) nonwhite pa...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tay-Kearney ML,Schwam BL,Lowder C,Dunn JP,Meisler DM,Vitale S,Jabs DA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine provider compliance with hydroxychloroquine screening following the revised recommendations published in 2011 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. DESIGN:Evaluation of adherence to a screening protocol. METHODS:Subjects were identified with hydroxychloroquine as a medication by electronic qu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Au A,Parikh V,Modi YS,Ehlers JP,Schachat AP,Singh RP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular abnormalities were present in five of 11 patients with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome. The predominant ocular findings were strabismus and blepharoptosis. Stiffness of the extraocular muscles, demonstrated in three patients by forced duction testing, made surgery difficult. Two patients underwent frontalis muscle sli...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： O'Keefe M,Crawford JS,Young JD,Macrae WG

更新日期：1986-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report an HIV-negative lymphoma patient who developed progressive outer retinal necrosis syndrome and who had a good visual outcome after treatment with two-drug antiviral therapy and intravenous immunoglobulin. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:A 43-year-old man with small lymphocytic lymphoma was diagnosed wi...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Foster RE,Petersen MR,Neuss MN,Osher RH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report complications of cosmetic artificial iris implantation and explantation outcomes. SETTING:Stein Eye Institute DESIGN: : Retrospective case series METHODS: : Review of medical records of 12 patients (24 eyes) who presented to us after being implanted with cosmetic artificial irises elsewhere. Data col...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ghaffari R,Aldave AJ,Al-Hashimi S,Miller KM

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the impact on patient management of posterior segment echographic evaluation at an academic institution. DESIGN:Retrospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series. METHODS:Records were reviewed of all patients evaluated for the first time with ocular echography for posterior segment evaluat...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Scott IU,Smiddy WE,Feuer WJ,Ehlies FJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of small cell carcinoma of the thymus metastatic to the orbit. METHODS:At age 37 years, a man who had been previously diagnosed and treated for small cell carcinoma of the thymus was initially examined for vertical diplopia and left proptosis. Computed tomographic scan disclosed a soft tissue ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Stockl FA,Tucker N,Burnier MN

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied vitreous surgical techniques in the treatment of hemorrhagic and fibrous complications of choroidal neovascular membranes by removing subretinal scars or hemorrhage, or both, in four patients. The surgical goals were achieved in all patients. Visual acuity improved in three patients. The major complication ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： de Juan E Jr,Machemer R

更新日期：1988-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a modified laser technique for identification of bullous retinoschisis. DESIGN:Retrospective interventional case series collected over 10 years. METHODS:Forty-one eyes with presumed bullous retinoschisis and breaks in the inner layers underwent a low-energy argon green laser application at the sam...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lincoff H,Kreissig I,Stopa M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00