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Secondary glaucoma induced by bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (6), 2017
Abstract We report a case of a middle-aged woman who developed acute, bilateral, symmetrical, slightly transilluminating depigmentation of the iris and pigment discharge into the anterior chamber following the use of oral moxifloxacin for bacterial sinusitis. She had been misdiagnosed as having autoimmun...

Paciente com proptose ocular associado a mucocele etmoidal: apresentação clínica e tratamento

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (6), 2017
Resumo Relato de um caso clínico de proptose ocular relacionado com mucocele etmoidal, o caso é raro e seu acometimento ocular não é comumente relacionado na literatura. Ressaltamos ainda sua apresentação clínica e o tratamento instituído. W.L.S, Paciente do sexo masculino, 27 anos procedente de ...

Nylon, fibrin glue and Vicryl®- the graft fixation techniques in the conjunctival autotransplant for the treatment of primary pterygium

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (6), 2017
Abstract Objective: to compare nylon, fibrin glue and Vicryl® in the conjunctival autograft for treatment of primary pterygium. Methods: Prospective study approved by the Ethics Committee following the Declaration of Helsinki. 89 eyes were underwent pterygium excision and conjunctival autograft. They ...

Straatsma syndrome: two case reports

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (5), 2017
Abstract This article reports two cases of Straatsma Syndrome, a rare disease, emphasizing its clinical features that inclued myopia, strabismus and amblyopia associated with persistent myelinated fibers in the retina. Ophthalmic examination, color retinography and optical coherence tomography were perfo...

Frequency of ocular conditions in native Brazilians from Avaí City, São Paulo State

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (5), 2017
Abstract Purpose: To perform an epidemiological study of eye diseases in the population of four indigenous communities in the City of Avai in the state of São Paulo - Brazil: Ekeruá, Kopenoti, Nimuendaju and Tereguá. Methods: This is a prospective, cross-sectional, population-based study performed b...

Symptomatic primary iris cysts treated with frequency-doubled Nd: YAG laser photocoagulation

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (4), 2017
Abstract We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who presented with a nine-month history of blurred vision in her left eye. Slit-lamp examination and optical coherence tomography showed four cystic masses hanging at the pupillary margin of the left eye. Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser ...

Contact lens-related bilateral and simultaneous Acremonium keratitis

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (4), 2017
Abstract This is a case of bilateral and simultaneous Acremonium keratitis related to intermittent and alternating eye soft contact lens use, which has a delayed diagnose, presented amphotericin B resistance with persistent hypopyon and had a positive response to topical natamycin. Besides the unusual pr...

Comparison between multi-spot laser and conventional laser in treatment of diabetic clinically significant macular edema

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (4), 2017
Abstract Objectives: The purpose of this work is to assess the safety and the efficacy of multi-spot laser in comparison with the conventional laser in the treatment of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy with CSME in relation to the visual outcome, central macular thickness by (OCT) and the presence...

Síndrome Iridocorneana Endotelial: Relato de Caso da Variante de Chandler

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (4), 2017
Resumo O presente estudo tem por objetivo relatar um raro caso da variante de Chandler da Síndrome Iridocorneana Endotelial em uma paciente de 56 anos. Esta referia baixa acuidade visual em olho direito há 2 anos, acompanhada de fotofobia e prurido. Ao exame oftalmológico, no primeiro atendimento, apr...

Unilateral floppy eyelid syndrome with ipsilateral intolerance to brimonidine

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (3), 2017
Abstract The authors report a case of unilateral floppy eyelid syndrome with ipsilateral intolerance to brimonidine in a 65-year-old man. The singularity of this case is the combination of two rare illnesses of great phlogistic potentiality in the same eye. The purpose of this article is to report a case...