Pharmacotherapeutic closure of a persisting traumatic macular hole with intraocular steroids
Conclusion:
Ocular steroids could play an important role in successful closure of persisting macular holes in a setting of blunt trauma, especially in a background of uveitis. (Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports)
Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports - July 1, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Adult-onset vitelliform macular dystrophy secondary to a novel impg2 gene variant
Conclusion:
Adult-onset vitelliform macular dystrophy is a common and relatively benign condition occurring in approximately 1 in 8,000 individuals. Although vitelliform lesions can be a manifestation of systemic diseases or be idiopathic, in a minority of patients, genetic predisposition may play a role. Mutations in four particular genes BEST1, PRPH2, IMPG1, and IMPG2 have been associated with some cases of adult-onset vitelliform macular dystrophy, with this particular gene variant of IMPG2 being previously unreported. (Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports)
Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports - July 1, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Ranibizumab 0.5 mg treatment in adolescents with choroidal neovascularization: subgroup analysis data from the minerva study
Conclusion:
Ranibizumab 0.5 mg treatment was beneficial in improving visual acuity and stabilizing or reducing central subfield thickness in five adolescents with differing choroidal neovascularization etiologies requiring infrequent injection. No new safety findings were observed over 12 months. (Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports)
Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports - July 1, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Pneumatic compaction treatment of acute subfoveal hemorrhage after blunt trauma in a patient with angioid streaks associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Conclusion:
Pneumatic compaction in patients with acute subfoveal hemorrhage secondary to angioid streaks associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum compacts subfoveal hemorrhage, therefore improving oxygen and nutrient diffusion. This potentially spares foveal photoreceptors of ischemic and shearing injury, theoretically reducing subfoveal fibrosis and improving vision prognosis in these patients. (Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports)
Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports - July 1, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Application of adjunctive topical mitomycin-c in sclerostomy revision for refractory idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome
Conclusion:
Successful use of topical mitomycin-C in sclerostomy revision has not previously been reported in idiopathic (non-nanophthalmic) uveal effusion syndrome. We propose that topical mitomycin-C may be considered as a potential therapeutic adjunct in the treatment of refractory idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome before further sclerostomy procedures are attempted in additional quadrants of the eye. (Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports)
Source: Retinal Cases and Brief Reports - July 1, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
