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Enxerto de retalho escleral de doador como tratamento definitivo de maculopatia hipotônica pós trabeculectomia

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO Paciente do sexo feminino, portadora de glaucoma juvenil sem controle clínico adequado, foi submetida à trabeculectomia com mitomicina C, após a qual, desenvolveu hipotensão ocular refratária às medidas conservadoras, evoluindo com um quadro de maculopatia hipotônica. Foi realizado um impla...

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...

Echographic findings in the late stages of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in mexican population

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (6), 2014
Purpose: To correlate clinical findings of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease with standardized echography findings in a cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study. Methods: Patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in the convalescent and recurrence phases were evaluated with standardized ocular ec...

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...

Interferon-associated retinopathy in a patient with metastatic melanoma

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 77 (5), 2014
We present the unusual case of a 35 year-old woman with stage IV melanoma and widespread metastases, who was undergoing treatment with interferon alpha-2b and who presented with interferon-associated retinopathy. The patient, who had been taking interferon treatment for three months, complained of a sudd...

Ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography analysis of bull's eye maculopathy in chloroquine users

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (3), 2014
Purpose: Register and compare anatomical changes, structural and quantitative found in optical coherence tomography Stratus and Topcon 3D in chronic users of chloroquine. Methods: Five patients were diagnosed with toxic "bull's eye" maculopathy was submitted to macular optical coherence tomography examin...

Intravitreal bevacizumab therapy for idiophatic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis associated with serous macular detachment

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (1), 2014
The authors describe a 50-year-old woman with group 2 juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis and macular detachment treated with a single-dose of intravitreous bevacizumab injection. There was an improvement in her visual acuity, with a decrease in retinal thickness showed by the optical coherence tomograp...

Tomografia de coerência óptica para avaliação de doenças da retina

A Tomografia de Coerência Óptica (OCT) é um método de exame oftalmológico não invasivo e de não contato que permite a realização de cortes transversais da retina (segmento posterior), gerando imagens tomográficas de alta resolução. Sua aplicação é especialmente útil para aplicações diag...

Desarrollo de un nanosistema para la liberación de fármacos intravítreo

La inyección intravítrea ha sido la vía de administración más eficaz para el tratamiento de enfermedades vitreorretinianas. Su práctica continua, no es agradable para los pacientes y a su vez podría causar complicaciones indeseadas. El presente trabajo t...

Manifestações retinianas em pacientes portadores de anemia de células falciformes

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 70 (5), 2011
A Organização Mundial de Saúde estima que mais de 5 por cento da população mundial seja portadora de algum tipo de hemoglobinopatia. Dentre essas encontramos a anemia de células falciformes, que tem seu principal efeito lesivo sobre a vasculatura periférica. Na retina, as lesões falciformes possu...