Aims: To evaluate retinal and choroidal changes in patients with systemic arterial hypertension using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Setting: The study was performed in the outpatient clinic of Tanta ophthalmology Hospital. Design: Prospective, cross sectional and controlled...
Purpose: To evaluate the changes in corneal endothelium in patients with diabetes mellitus using specular microscopy. Setting: The study was performed in the outpatient clinic of Tanta ophthalmology Hospital. Design: Cross-sectional study. Patients and Methods: Corneal endotheliu...
Background and Objective: Intraocular pressure (IOP) depends on a variety of local and systemic factors, including systemic blood pressure. This study conducted to analyze the correlation between IOP and blood pressure (BP). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in...
Good vision is very important for people of all ages, especially children. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and causes of ocular morbidities among public high school students in Enugu-East Local Government Area (L.G.A) of Enugu State. The method used was a cross-secti...
Background: High myopia refers to an axial length of the eye greater than 26 mm or by having a refractive error of more than - six diopters. The most frequent cause of Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in patients less than 50 years old is pathologic myopia. CNV is a serious les...
Purpose: We sought to evaluate the application of indirect ophthalmoscopy in the routine practice of retinal surgeons. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was circulated among various ophthalmologists. Potential participants were vitreoretinal surgeons and those ophthalmol...
Ophthalmology has been practiced and been part of the ancient Tamil civilization since ages; this provides insights to the modern world about the treatment methods followed by Siddhars, the scientific Tamil physicians, who were way ahead compared to their western counterparts in...
Corticosteroids are an essential treatment modality for a wide number of diseases and are effective therapeutically but are heavily polluted with severe side effects. Topical and systemic steroids have been used in the treatment of a variety of disorders leading to complications....
Aims: To describe the clinical profile and visual outcome of the patients with traumatic corneal perforation. Place and Duration of Study: Mechi Eye Hospital, Birtamode, Jhapa, Nepal, 1st January to 31st December 2018 Methods: Retrospective review of 60 eyes of 60 patients presen...
TORCH infections have variable clinical presentation and are caused by various organisms. A 29 y/F came with chief complaint of sudden and painless diminution of vision in right eye(RE) since 2 months when she was pregnant. She gave history of intrauterine fetal death one month b...
Ophthalmologic involvement in hypoparathyroidism can affect each of the components of the eye. However, it has a particular tropism for the lens, the prevalence of cataract reaches approximately 50% of hypoparathyroid subjects. Cataracts are sometimes indicative of these affectio...
Background: This report describes the clinical outcome in an adult male with spontaneous submacular hemorrhage who underwent successful intravitreal tPA injection and pneumatic displacement. Case Presentation: A 30 yr old male patient presented with complaints of sudden painless...
Introduction: To report a case of conjunctival pyogenic granuloma (PG) associated with untreated eye stye that was successfully treated with corticosteroids. Presentation of Case: 69 years old male was presented with redness and foreign body sensation (FBS) on his left eye (LE)...
Pituitary adenomas are relatively common intracranial lesions. Decrease of visual acuity, visual field deficit, and headaches are the neurological signs associated with it commonly seen in ophthalmology. We report 3 cases of recurrent pituitary macroadenoma with different clinica...
Background: Uveitis is a common disease that mainly affects young people. This leads to a significant loss of material. Acute anterior uveitis is the most common form and is most often associated with spondyloarthritis, in which uveitis may be the first manifestation of the disea...