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Retinal function in patients with the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis phenotype

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze the clinical features, visual acuity, and full-field electroretinogram (ERG) findings of 15 patients with the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) phenotype and to establish the role of ERG testing in NCL diagnosis. Methods: The medical records of five patients with infanti...

Coroidopatia no lúpus eritematoso sistêmico

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (2), 2017
Resumo O Lúpus Eritematoso sistêmico (LES) é uma doença autoimune que pode afetar o olho de diversas formas. A coroidopatia lúpica é rara e apresenta-se com descolamento seroso de retina, descolamento do epitélio pigmentar da retina (EPR) e epiteliopatia pigmentar. A maioria dos casos está associ...

Maculopatia viteliforme polimorfa exudativa aguda: um relato de caso

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (2), 2017
Resumo A maculopatia viteliforme polimorfa exsudativa aguda é um distúrbio retiniano extremamente raro, que tem sido considerado como uma forma de retinopatia paraneoplásica, encontrada em pacientes com um tumor primário subjacente. Os sintomas de maculopatia viteliforme polimorfa exsudativa aguda in...

Structure-functional correlation using adaptive optics, OCT, and microperimetry in a case of occult macular dystrophy

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT We report retinal functional and structural changes of a 40-year-old man diagnosed with occult macular dystrophy. Comprehensive ophthalmological evaluation was performed, followed by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OC - Heidelberg) and image acquisition using an adaptive optics ...

Full-field electroretinogram recorded with skin electrodes in normal adults

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: Alternative recording methods have been tested to allow the electroretinogram (ERG) recording in uncooperative patients and/or patients with palpebral alterations, including recordings with skin electrodes. The purpose of this study was to compare ERG recorded with skin electrodes and ...

Is there a relationship between outer retinal destruction and choroidal changes in cone dystrophy?

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of the present study was to use enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) to investigate choroidal changes in patients with cone dystrophy (CD) and to correlate these findings with clinical and electroretinography (ERG) findings. Methods: This case-control ...

Oclusão da artéria central da retina em paciente com poliangeíte microscópica

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 74 (6), 2015
RESUMO A poliangeíte microscópica é uma vasculite necrotizante sistêmica que acomete arteríolas, capilares e vênulas, mas também pode atingir pequenas e médias artérias. É considerada uma doença rara, idiopática e autoimune. Diversas anormalidades oculares e sistêmicas estão associadas às ...

Electrofisiología de la visión: generalización de estudios normativos en individuos sanos
Electrophysiology of vision and generalization of normative studies in healthy individuals

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 28 (1), 2015
Objetivo: obtener valores normativos de electrorretinograma estándar y con patrón, así como potenciales evocados visuales con patrón y con luz difusa, en un grupo de individuos sanos. Métodos: se realizó un estudio prospectivo y descriptivo en sujetos sanos que acudieron al Servicio de Neuroftalmol...

Birdshot retinochoroidopathy review

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 78 (1), 2015
Birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BSRC) is a distinct type of posterior uveitis originally described in the 1940s. Its characteristics include minimal anterior segment inflammation and diffuse posterior choroidopathy with vitritis and retinal vasculitis. The precise etiology of this disease is yet to be eluc...

An association between subclinical familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and rod-cone dystrophy

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 77 (5), 2014
A 21-year-old Caucasian man presented with a complaint of nyctalopia. Visual acuity in both eyes was 20/20 and anterior segment biomicroscopy results were unremarkable. Fundoscopy revealed peripheral avascular zones, minimal peripheral retinal exudation from the retinal vessels, peripheral retinal telang...