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Superior ophthalmic vein and cavernous sinus thrombosis associated with COVID-19: a case report

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 82 (), 2023
ABSTRACT Cavernous sinus and superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis is a rare clinical condition, and little described in the literature. The clinical presentation is nonspecific and highly variable, and symptoms may include red eye, ophthalmoplegia, coma, and death. The main etiology results from infection...

Racemose hemangioma presenting as a vitreous hemorrhage: case report

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 82 (), 2023
ABSTRACT This report describes a case of retinal racemose hemangioma that first presented as a vitreous hemorrhage. The authors present the case of a 47-year-old woman with a sudden 5-day painless visual loss in her left eye. At the first visit, the best-correct visual acuities were 20/20 in the right ey...

Ambliopia severa na infância relacionada à persistência da vasculatura fetal

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
RESUMO A persistência do vítreo primário hiperplásico, atualmente referida como persistência da vasculatura fetal, é uma anomalia congênita que resulta da não regressão do vítreo vascular primário e do sistema da artéria hialoide durante a embriogênese. Trata-se de uma anomalia unilateral na...

Fractal evaluation in retinographies of individuals with different grades of diabetic retinopathy

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Purpose To evaluate the retinal blood vascular network of the retinographies of patients with different grades of diabetic retinopathy. Methods Ninety Retinographies (MESSIDOR database) were used, with different grades of diabetic retinopathy divided into 4 groups: no retinopathy (n=23), gra...

Optical coherence tomography angiography: microvascular alterations in diabetic eyes without diabetic retinopathy

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: To describe microvascular changes in the maculas of individuals with type 2 diabetes observed on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images. We compared the maculas of diabetic subjects without diabetic retinopathy with those of healthy subjects and correlated the findings ...

Retinal ischemia as the first manifestation of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is characterized by the development of venous and/or arterial thrombosis and by gestational morbidity (recurrent fetal losses) in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. We report the case of a 38-year-old woman who was diagnosed with primary APS fro...

Evaluation of retinal and choroidal microvascular changes in patients who received hydroxychloroquine by optical coherence tomography angiography

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of the study is to evaluate the retinal and choroidal microvascular changes via optical coherence tomography angiography in patients who received hydroxy­chloroquine. Methods: In total, 28 eyes of 28 patients (24 females, and 4 males) receiving treatment with hydroxy­chloroq...

Vasculatura fetal persistente bilateral. Reporte de caso

Introducción: La vasculatura fetal persistente bilateral es una malformación ocular poco frecuente, generalmente unilateral, que suele presentarse como leucocoria. Objetivo: Presentar el caso de una paciente de 6 meses con leucocoria bilateral y diagnóstico de vasculatura fetal persistente bilateral....

Association between disorganization of the retinal inner layers and capillary nonperfusion area in patients with retinal vein occlusion

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (6), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the correlation between the extent of disorganization of the retinal inner layers (a parameter of spectral domain optical coherence tomography) and optical coherence tomography angiography parameters in eyes with center-involved macular edema associated with retinal vein o...

Optical coherence tomography angiography findings in patients with Alport syndrome

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (6), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: To describe the findings on optical coherence tomography angiography associated with Alport syndrome. Methods: Descriptive study from a referral ophthalmology service (Hospital Evangélico de Vila Velha, Brazil). Patients diagnosed with Alport syndrome were included. Results: The stu...