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Anti-inflammatory effect of lycopene on endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: We evaluated the efficacy of lycopene, a dietary carotenoid and potent antioxidant, against ocular inflammation and oxidative stress in an experimental uveitis model. Methods: Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by a single subcutaneous injection of 200 ...

Carcinoma epidermoide de conjuntiva en un adulto mayor
Epidermoid carcinoma of conjunctiva in an elderly

Medisan; 20 (11), 2016
Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente ecuatoriano de 62 años, mestizo, con antecedente de orzuelos reiterados en el ojo izquierdo, atendido en la consulta de Oftalmología del Hospital del Tena, del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social de Ecuador, por presentar desde hacía 8 meses molestias ...

Dysfunction in the fellow eyes of strabismic and anisometropic amblyopic children assessed by visually evoked potentials

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate visual acuity and transient pattern reversal (PR) visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in the fellow eyes of children with strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia. Methods: Children diagnosed with strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia were recruited for electrophysiologic...

Evaluation of choroidal and retinal thickness measurements in adult hemodialysis patients using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess the effect of hemodialysis on retinal and choroidal thicknesses using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: In this prospective interventional study, 25 hemodialysis patients (17 male, 8 female) were enrolled. All participants underwent high-speed, ...

Olfactomedin-like 2 A and B (OLFML2A and OLFML2B) expression profile in primates (human and baboon)

Biol. Res; 49 (), 2016
BACKGROUND: The olfactomedin-like domain (OLFML) is present in at least four families of proteins, including OLFML2A and OLFML2B, which are expressed in adult rat retina cells. However, no expression of their orthologous has ever been reported in human and baboon. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to ...

Guidelines proposal for clinical recognition of mouth breathing children

INTRODUCTION: Mouth breathing (MB) is an etiological factor for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) during childhood. The habit of breathing through the mouth may be perpetuated even after airway clearance. Both habit and obstruction may cause facial muscle imbalance and craniofacial changes.OBJECTIVE: The ...

Campimetrías necesarias para obtener factores confables en un campo visual para diagnóstico de glaucoma en el Hospital San Francisco de Quito durante el período agosto 2012 - abril 2013
Necessary campimetries to obtain trustworthy factors in a visual field for the diagnosis of glaucoma in the San Francisco de Quito hospital during the August 2012 – April 2013 period

Cambios rev. méd; 14 (24), 2015
Introducción: el objetivo de este estudio fue identificar el número de campimetrías necesarias para obtener factores confiables en el diagnóstico de glaucoma. Materiales y métodos se realizó un estudio observacional retrospectivo en el Hospital San Francisco de Quito en 58 pacientes, incluyendo 116...

Complicaciones posquirúrgicas más frecuentes en la cirugía de pterigión
Most frequent postsurgical complications in pterygium surgery

Medisan; 18 (11), 2014
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y prospectivo de 55 ojos de igual número de pacientes, operados de pterigión, desde octubre de 2012 hasta marzo de 2014, en el Centro Oftalmológico del Hospital General Docente "Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" de Santiago de Cuba mediante la autoplastia conju...

Leproma conjuntival que simula tumor benigno

Med. UIS; 27 (2), 2014
La lepra es una patología infecto-contagiosa ocasionada por el Mycobacterium leprae, este alcanza el ojo por medio de diseminación hematógena o propagación por lesiones adyacentes. El 21 a 24% de los pacientes con la enfermedad pueden tener compromiso de la visión, el cual es más frecuente en l...

Trombose parcial do seio cavernoso

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (3), 2014
A trombose do seio cavernoso (TSC) é uma situação clínica rara, resultando normalmente da complicação de um processo infeccioso dos seios paranasais. Outras causas incluem alterações pró-trombóticas, anemia e trauma. Os sinais e sintomas são extremamente variados e inespecíficos, sendo o seu ...