Results: 22

Ocular manifestations in patients diagnosed with dengue in a reference hospital in the city of Manaus, Brazil

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of ocular alterations in patients diagnosed with dengue, admitted to a reference center for infectious and parasitic diseases in Manaus (AM), Brazil. Methods: This was an observational, analytical, and prospective case series study with 33 patients admitt...

Doença de Tay-Sachs: relato de caso

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 82 (), 2023
RESUMO A doença de Tay-Sachs é um distúrbio neurodegenerativo autossômico recessivo, o qual envolve o metabolismo dos lipídios, levando ao acúmulo de gangliosídeos nos tecidos, devido à deficiência da enzima hexosaminidase A. Esse depósito progressivo resulta em perda da função neurológica e...

Bilateral symmetrical maculopathy and heterochromia in Waardenburg syndrome

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 82 (), 2023
ABSTRACT Waardenburg syndrome is a rare congenital genetic disorder characterized by sensorineural hearing loss and pigmentary abnormalities of the hair, skin, and eyes. Based on the different clinical presentations, it is divided into four subtypes as in WS1 to WS4. This report describes a 15-year-old b...

Retinal lipemia as expression of hyperchylomicronemia syndrome

Colomb. med; 52 (1), 2021
Abstract Case description: Case of lipemia retinalis secondary to hyperchylomicronemia in a 40-year-old man with a history of total body irradiation and immunosuppressive treatment that was attended in this hospital due to decreased visual acuity and abdominal pain. Clinical findings: Hyperchylomicron...

Retinal ischemia as the first manifestation of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is characterized by the development of venous and/or arterial thrombosis and by gestational morbidity (recurrent fetal losses) in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. We report the case of a 38-year-old woman who was diagnosed with primary APS fro...

Pseudoretinitis pigmentosa due to syphilis: a case report and literature review

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Ocular involvement can occur at any time, and it may affect 10% of patients in the secondary stage, and from 2% to 5% in the tertiary stage. Uveitis is the most common presentation of ocular syphilis, affec...

Achados de fundoscopia de pacientes diabéticos e/ou hipertensos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 79 (1), 2020
Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a prevalência de alterações na fundoscopia de pacientes portadores de Diabetes Mellitus (DM) e/ou Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica (HAS) encaminhados ao Serviço de Referência de Oftalmologia, localizado em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde do município de Patos, Paraíba (PB)...

Retinopathy in patient with AC hemoglobinopathy

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 79 (1), 2020
Abstract Hemoglobin C is the second most frequent Hb variant in Brazil and the world. Hemoglobin C trait is described as a benign and asymptomatic condition. There is little information in the literature about the association of retinal vascular disease and the presence of hemoglobin AC, being this infor...

Association between Chagas disease and changes in the optic nerve and retinal nerve fiber layer

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To test the hypothesis that Chagas disease predisposes to optic nerve and retinal nerve fiber layer alterations. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study including 41 patients diagnosed with Chagas disease and 41 controls, paired by sex and age. The patients underwent ophthalmolo...

Ocular abnormalities in morbid obesity

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: Obesity is associated with eye diseases, but the underlying structural changes and pathogenic mechanisms have not been examined in detail. Here, we assessed the effects of morbid obesity on the morphometric indices of eye disease. Methods: Morbidly obese volunteers (n=101, body mass i...