Results: 67

Degeneración esferoidea. Reporte de caso

Rev. medica electron; 41 (2), 2019
RESUMEN Se reportó el caso clínico de una fémina de 50 años de edad. Acudió a los Servicios de Oftalmología, del Hospital Provincial Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández, de Matanzas. Refirió síntomas irritativos y disminución visual por el ojo izquierdo. El examen oftalmológico mostró en dic...

Bilateral clear lens extraction and intraocular lens implantation in a child with microspherophakia and Marfan syndrome

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 4-year-old boy with Marfan syndrome whose parents reported he had had low visual acuity since birth. On examination, there was microspherophakia and a small subluxation of the lens. The objective refraction was -23.75 - 2.75 x 70 in the right eye and -25.50 -3.50 x 90 in ...

Biological modulation of corneal epithelial wound healing

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT The transparency and maintenance of corneal epithelial integrity are essential for its optical properties and, to preserve these characteristics, the epithelium undergoes continuous renewal. This renewal depends on the control of cell proliferation and differentiation mediated by mitogenic facto...

Amniotic membrane as a biological scaffold for dental pulp stem cell transplantation in ocular surface reconstruction

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the ability of human immature dental pulp stem cells, which are mesenchymal stem cells of neural crest origin, to differentiate into the corneal epithelium for purposes of corneal transplantation and tissue engineering when cultured on de-epithelized amniotic membranes. Me...

Principales causas de consulta de urgencias oftalmológicas en un instituto de atención terciaria en Colombia

MedUNAB; 22 (2), 2019
Introducción. Diversas condiciones oftalmológicas son causas de consultas a los servicios de urgencias. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar las causas más comunes de consulta al servicio de urgencias oftalmológicas de una institución terciaria en Colombia y, así, poder explorar en el futuro ...

Queratoglobo. Presentación de caso
Keratoglobus. Case presentation

Rev. medica electron; 40 (6), 2018
RESUMEN Se presenta un caso clínico de un varón de 27 años de edad, con una ectasia corneal y presencia de queratoglobo en ambos ojos. La manifestación clínica fue disminución lenta y progresiva de la agudeza visual en ambos ojos y dolor en el ojo izquierdo. Al examen oftalmológico se constató hi...

Visual performance of scleral lenses and their impact on quality of life in patients with irregular corneas

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the visual quality performance of scleral contact lenses in patients with keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, and post-keratoplasty astigmatism, and their impact on quality of life. Methods: We included 40 patients (58 eyes) with keratoconus, pellucid mar...

Degeneração marginal pelúcida superior

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 77 (3), 2018
Resumo A degeneração marginal pelúcida (DMP) é uma ectasia corneana rara. Caracteriza-se por afinamento periférico, sem sinais inflamatórios, tipicamente inferior e bilateral, separado do limbo por área de espessura normal. Há protrusão da córnea acima da área de afinamento, resultando em elev...

Olho seco e doenças da córnea em pacientes internados em terapia intensiva
Dry eye and corneal diseases in intensive care patients

Rev. cuba. enferm; 34 (2), 2018
RESUMO Introdução: Ao relacionar a problemática do olho seco e das doenças da córnea, pacientes internados em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva apresentam risco elevado para o desenvolvimento destes eventos, pois estão predispostos a perderem seus mecanismos naturais de proteção ocular, por apresenta...

Pellucid marginal degeneration: postponing penetrating keratoplasty for over a decade

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 77 (2), 2018
Abstract Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) treatment can be challenging in moderate to advanced cases and penetrating keratoplasty should be avoided due to high risk of complications, such as graft rejection. We report a case of a 30-year-old female patient with PMD that was referred to our service wi...