Correction to: Lhasa childhood eye study: the rationale, methodology, and baseline data of a 5 year follow-up of school-based cohort study in the Tibetan plateau region of Southwest China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glial heterotopias are rare, benign, congenital, midline, non-teratomatous extracranial glial tissue. They may masquerade as encephalocoele or dermoid cyst and mostly present in nose. Herein, we present an unusual case of glial heterotopia of the orbit with unilateral blindness. CASE PRESENTATION:A 6 year-o...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Sitaula R,Shrestha GB,Paudel N,Shrestha S,Shah DN

更新日期：2011-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To present a case of conjunctival lymphoma in a young woman complicated by pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION:A 38-year-old previously healthy woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive right blepharoptosis. Giant papillomatous sessile masses were identified in the upper and lower fornix bilaterally and...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Ong SJ,Jung SM,Lin HC

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenovirus (Ad), associated with significant morbidity, has no topical treatment. A leading CTC compound (CTC-96), a Co(III) chelate, was found to have potent in vitro and in vivo antiviral efficacy against herpes viruses. In this study CTC-96 is being tested for possible anti-Adenovirus activity. METHODS:T...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Epstein SP,Pashinsky YY,Gershon D,Winicov I,Srivilasa C,Kristic KJ,Asbell PA

更新日期：2006-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An eye injury that causes no light perception (NLP) typically carries an unfavorable prognosis, and NLP because of trauma is a common indication for enucleation. With advances in vitreoretinal surgical techniques, however, the indication for enucleation is no longer determined by posttrauma NLP vision alone....

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Agrawal R,Wei HS,Teoh S

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To report a case series in which a modified technique was used to remove retained submacular perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) secondary to vitreoretinal surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. CASE PRESENTATION:Four patients who had undergone pars plana vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment w...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Lin Z,Chen Y,Gao S,Zhong Y,Shen X

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) consists of polyps that potentially cause massive subretinal hemorrhage and their branching vascular network (BVN) of feeder vessels. Although conventional indocyanine green angiography (IA) has shown anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents and/or photody...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Iesato Y,Tanaka M,Murata M,Kitahara J,Hirano T,Kurenuma T,Yoshida N,Murata T

更新日期：2018-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monocular infantile blindness may be associated with bilateral horizontal nystagmus, a subtype of fusion maldevelopment nystagmus syndrome (FMNS). Patients often adopt a significant anomalous head posture (AHP) towards the fixing eye in order to dampen the nystagmus. This clinical entity has also been report...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Sturm V,Hejcmanova M,Landau K

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orbital cellulitis is a rare cause of exudative retinal detachment. Hereby, we aimed to report the first case of exudative retinal detachment derived from orbital cellulitis in mainland China. CASE PRESENTATION:A 16-year-old girl developed severe left orbital cellulitis in 4 days. Two exudative retinal deta...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Song W,Du C,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The performance of glaucoma diagnostic systems could be conceivably improved by the integration of functional and structural test measurements that provide relevant and complementary information for reaching a diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of data fusion methods and ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Bizios D,Heijl A,Bengtsson B

更新日期：2011-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncorrected refractive errors contribute enormously to the burden of avoidable visual impairment worldwide. There is a huge disparity in different parts of the globe in context to spectacle coverage for distance vision. This study was undertaken with objectives of determining prevalence of spectacle coverage...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Malhotra S,Kalaivani M,Rath R,Prasad M,Vashist P,Gupta N,Senjam SS,Gupta SK

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have suggested that the integrity of the cone interdigitation zone (IZ) could be considered to be a marker of photoreceptor damage and its recovery. However, little is known about the IZ in healthy eyes. Our present study was to measure the cone IZ area by optical coherence tomography (OCT),...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Gu R,Deng G,Jiang Y,Jiang C,Xu G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Characterization of the neuro-glial profile of cells growing out of human idiopathic epiretinal membranes (iERMs) and testing their proliferative and pluripotent properties ex vivo is needed to better understand the pathogenesis of their formation. METHODS:iERMs obtained during uneventful vitrectomies were ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Andjelić S,Lumi X,Yan X,Graw J,Moe MC,Facskó A,Hawlina M,Petrovski G

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE) is a rare inflammatory eye disease that affects the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and outer retina. The purpose of this study was to describe its presentations, as well as its prognosis in a series of untreated patients. METHODS:Records of pati...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Xerri O,Salah S,Monnet D,Brézin AP

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical cooling of the eye surface relieves ocular discomfort, but translating this event to drug treatment of dry eye discomfort not been studied. Here, we synthesized a water-soluble TRPM8 receptor agonist called cryosim-3 (C3, 1-diisopropylphosphorylnonane) which selectively activates TRPM8 (linked to co...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yang JM,Li F,Liu Q,Rüedi M,Wei ET,Lentsman M,Lee HS,Choi W,Kim SJ,Yoon KC

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the progress in vitreoretinal surgery and the importance of silicone oil as an adjunct for the treatment of complex forms of retinal detachment, controversy still surrounds the issue of selecting the proper oil viscosity for clinical use. Herein, we evaluate the outcomes of retinal detachment (RD) su...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Soheilian M,Mazareei M,Mohammadpour M,Rahmani B

更新日期：2006-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic orbital pseudotumour is rare in children. We report a case of bilateral paediatric idiopathic orbital pseudotumour and review the characteristics of this case. CASE PRESENTATION:A 14-year-old female patient presented at our Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) with complaints...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Chen F,Tang J,Zhou Q

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the molecular genetic cause of a four-generation autosomal dominant congenital cataract family in China. METHODS:Targeted region sequencing was performed to screen for the potential mutation, and Sanger sequencing was used to confirm the mutation. The homology model was constructed to identify th...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Li D,Xu C,Huang D,Guo R,Ji J,Liu W

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a kind of inherited retinal degenerative diseases characterized by the progressive loss of photoreceptors. RP has been a conundrum without satisfactory countermeasures in clinic until now. Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), a major enzyme involved in aldehyde detoxification, h...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yan W,Long P,Wei D,Yan W,Zheng X,Chen G,Wang J,Zhang Z,Chen T,Chen M

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous techniques resulted with low rates of successful fusion after the surgeries and high necessity of additional surgeries in the treatment of thyroid orbitopathy related strabismus. In this study, reviewing the results of our patients who had surgical correction with relaxed muscle positioning techniqu...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Sarici AM,Mergen B,Oguz V,Dogan C

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the efficacy of phacoemulsification (PKE) combined with nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) with mitomycin C (MMC) versus XEN® gel stent with MMC. METHODS:In this nonrandomized, retrospective, comparative, single-center pilot study, 105 consecutive eyes of 75 patients with uncontrolled primary...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Theillac V,Blumen-Ohana E,Akesbi J,Hamard P,Sellam A,Brasnu E,Baudouin C,Labbe A,Nordmann JP

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the 3-month postoperative performance and safety after implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens (IOL) in a Korean population. METHODS:This was a clinical, prospective, multicenter, single-arm study. Forty-four subjects (88 eyes) with bilateral cataract with expected postoperative corneal a...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Kim TI,Chung TY,Kim MJ,Lee K,Hyon JY

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe the spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings of a patient who developed pigmentary retinopathy following high-dose deferoxamine administration. CASE PRESENTATION:A 34-year-old man with thalassemia major complained of nyctalopia and decreased vision following high-dose intra...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Wu CH,Yang CP,Lai CC,Wu WC,Chen YH

更新日期：2014-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with primary angle closure/glaucoma (PAC/PACG) with extensive peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS), and coexisting cataract, increasingly have been treated with phacoemulsification combined with goniosynechialysis (Phaco-GSL). Since the mechanisms of acute and chronic PAC/PACG may differ, the treatme...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Tian T,Li M,Pan Y,Cai Y,Fang Y

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study the healing processes of partial thickness wounds in the adult rabbit cornea after grafting a porous collagen-glycosaminoglycan copolymer matrix (CG). METHODS:In this study, the regeneration of surgically-induced rabbit corneal defect implanted with CG was investigated. The corneal partial thicknes...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Wu SY,Pan CY,Shen EP,Tzeng IS,Hsu WC

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) is a type of strabismus characterized by a sudden onset of large angle esotropia with diplopia, which often occurs in children after infancy, teenagers, and young adolescents. However, studies on the surgical outcomes of only adults are rare. The purpose of this artic...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Kim DH,Noh HJ

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To gain more insight into genetic causes of cerebral visual impairment (CVI) in children and to compare ophthalmological findings between genetic and acquired forms of CVI. METHODS:The clinical data of 309 individuals (mainly children) with CVI, and a visual acuity ≤ 0.3 were analyzed for etiology and ocula...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Bosch DG,Boonstra FN,Willemsen MA,Cremers FP,de Vries BB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent KC is a special segment of the general KC population because an adolescents's eyes are still susceptible to blurred vision and optical defocus during the sensitive period of ocular and visual development. In the present study, we evaluated the ocular dimensions of 53 KC adolescents. METHODS:One h...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Jian W,Shen Y,Chen Y,Tian M,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of an intraocular cilium is very rare and the response of the eye to the cilium is variable. We present the case of a patient with a cilium found in the vitreous cavity during vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 40 years following penetrating eye injury. To our knowledge, this is th...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Dettoraki M,Andreanos K,Davou S,Nomikarios N,Moschos MM,Brouzas D

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal keratitis is difficult to treat that can result in corneal blindness requiring penetrating keratoplasty and in fungal endothalmitis. We report a case of fungal keratitis and onychomycosis simultaneously infected by Trichophyton. CASE PRESENTATION:A 77-year old male presented with ocular pain, conjunc...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Jin KW,Jeon HS,Hyon JY,Wee WR,Suh W,Shin YJ

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A description of the diagnostic features of Miller Fisher syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION:The clinical presentation, investigation, and subsequent progress of our patient with clinical unilateral external ophthalmoplegia. CONCLUSION:Our case demonstrates the presentation of clinical unilateral external ophthal...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Smith J,Clarke L,Severn P,Boyce R

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00