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Treatment of Capillary Hemangioblastoma in Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Case Report and Online Survey of Treatment Preferences among Experts
This case report aims to describe the diagnosis, treatment, and evolution of bilateral, asymmetrical retinal capillary hemangioblastomas treated with argon laser and intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor and also reports the results of an online survey of treatment preferences among…
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Microspherophakia in a 47, XYY Syndrome Patient: A Case Report
47, XYY syndrome affects males with variable phenotypic expression. Around 80–99% of affected individuals present low-set ears, malar flattening, motor delay, and tall stature. Yet, some cases lack signs or symptoms or are barely noticeable. There are four reports of ocular involvement among these…
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Suspected Gentamicin-Induced Retinal Vascular Occlusion after Vitrectomy
Retinal vascular occlusion after ocular surgery is a rare but serious complication. A history of cardiovascular diseases, retrobulbar anesthesia injection, high intraocular pressure during the perioperative period, and drug toxicity have been reported as possible causative factors. We report here…
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Submacular Cysticercosis Successfully Treated through Conservative Management: Case Report
Appropriate medical management can be an alternative in those patients with submacular cysticercosis in whom achieving good visual outcome with vitreoretinal surgery is not possible. We report the case of a 25-year-old female who presented complaining of blurred vision in her left eye associated…
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Intraocular Lens Dislocation into the Anterior Chamber because of Repeated Eye-Poking in a Patient with Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis
The dislocation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) because of constant eye rubbing is unusual and has never been reported in a child with Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA). A 4-year-old full-term girl with an ocular history of LCA presented to the emergency room with a single-piece…
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Spontaneous Closure of the Macular Hole in a Patient with Acquired Vitelliform Lesion
In this paper, we report an extremely rare case of spontaneous closure of a macular hole (MH) that developed in a patient in whom acquired vitelliform lesion (AVL) occurred after vitrectomy for atopic retinal detachment (ARD). A 32-year-old male developed ARD in both eyes, and retinal reattachment…
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Novel and Unusual Retinal Findings in Two Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a phacomatosis known to be associated with several developmental abnormalities in multiple organ systems including the eyes. NF1 can present with varying ophthalmic manifestations, including Lisch nodules, retinal astrocytic hamartomas, capillary hemangiomas…
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Bilateral Spontaneous Hyphema in Juvenile Xanthogranuloma: A Case Report
Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is an idiopathic granulomatous inflammatory condition that usually affects children. Intraocular involvement, especially bilateral, is rare in JXG. Most patients with ocular lesions are typically infants and usually present with hyphema, iridocyclitis, and secondary…
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Penetrating Orbital Sphenoid Sinus Trauma with a Wooden Stick: A Challenging Case Report
Transorbital and intra-sphenoidal traumas are relatively uncommon, can be challenging to manage, and are associated with a high risk of complications and potentially fatal outcome. Transorbital and intra-sphenoidal trauma pose a medical challenge due to close relationship to delicate and critical…
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Apolipoprotein AI-Derived Vitreous Amyloidosis: An Elusive Diagnosis
A 56-year-old female presented with vitreous opacity with gradual visual disturbance in her right eye of 1-year duration. A Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had been treated 15 years before. Presenting best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/200 in her right eye and 20/25 in her left eye. Intraocular…
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A Case of Repeating Transient Increase in Intraocular Pressure by Instability of an Intraocular Lens Implanted in the Capsular Bag
We observed repeated episodes of rapid increases in intraocular pressure (IOP) considered to be caused by an in-the-bag intraocular lens (IOL) instability in a patient with an implanted IOL. As acute glaucoma attack-like increase in IOP was noted in the left eye on November 8, she was admitted to…
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Long-Term Outcome of Cataract Surgery in Eyes with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Associated with Weak Zonules: A Case Report
A cataract surgery in both eyes was scheduled for an 81-year-old female patient. However, ophthalmic examination revealed marked iridodonesis, phacodonesis and pseudoexfoliative material on the surface of the lens in both eyes indicating weak zonules caused by pseudoexfoliation syndrome, which was…
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Corneal Perforation Self-Healing with an Iris Plug in the Cornea
Keratitis treatment outcome is usually dependent on the targeted treatment of the cause. We want to present a small corneal ulcer of unidentified origin that progressed into corneal melting and resulted in corneal perforation. The patient had a widespread antibacterial and fungal treatment and an…
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A Case Report of Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis after FemtoSMILE Refractive Surgery
Diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) is not an uncommon complication of the small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) operation. Instrumental causes, such as contamination, are usually the underlying etiological route. Herein, we present an atypical case of DLK with numerous foci of cellular…
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Immediate Choroidal Expansion after Bleb Needling
The purpose was to report a case of immediate choroidal expansion after a needling procedure. This is a retrospective case report of an 80-year-old male with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma who underwent Xen 45 Gel stent implantation and then trabeculectomy in the right eye. During follow-up, several…
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A Case of Giant Pituitary Adenoma Associated with a Postoperative Mental Disorder That Ultimately Resulted in Bilateral Blindness
Purpose: To report the case of a patient with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing pituitary adenoma who developed a mental disorder after initial surgery that kept him from undergoing scheduled follow-up visits and who ultimately had a giant recurrent tumor that resulted in blindness. Case…
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Forced Duction Test: Is It Necessary after the Scleral Buckling Procedure?
A 14-year-old boy who had ocular motility disorder which started 2 weeks following retinal surgery (scleral buckling) secondary to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, was referred to the strabismus clinic. He had significant ocular movement limitations in adduction and elevation under general…
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Acute Bilateral Uveitis, Hypotony, and Cataracts Associated with Ipilimumab and Nivolumab Therapy: Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Findings
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly being used for the treatment of several malignancies. In rare cases, patients develop disabling ophthalmic side effects such as dry eyes, episcleritis, keratitis, uveitis, inflammatory orbitopathy, myasthenia gravis, macular edema, and serous retinal…
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A Rare Case of Mixed Infectious Keratitis Caused by Pseudomonas koreensis and Aspergillus fumigatus
We report the clinical and microbiological features of contact lens-related mixed infectious keratitis caused by a spore-forming filamentous fungus and a rare gram-negative bacterial infection. A 66-year-old Caucasian female presented with right eye (OD) pain after sleeping in her 2-weekly contact…
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Delayed-Onset Retrobulbar Hemorrhage and Glaucoma Drainage Device Extrusion in a Patient on Anticoagulation: A Case Report
Both retrobulbar hemorrhage and plate extrusion are uncommon complications after implantation of a glaucoma drainage device (GDD). There are no published reports on extrusion of an Ahmed glaucoma valve after delayed-onset retrobulbar hemorrhage in Korea. Herein, we report a case of spontaneous…
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