Results: 18

Cirurgia de enucleação em decorrência de proptose do globo ocular em cadela: relato de caso

A proptose do globo ocular é uma das consequências comuns do trauma e a enucleação é um procedimento de escolha em caso de impossibilidade de reversão do quadro. Nota-se a infrequência de relatos de enucleação do globo ocular resultante de proptose traumática, o que torna importante a descriç...

Mixed-Cell Type Choroidal Melanoma in a Middle-Aged Woman

Introduction: Melanomas are malignant neoplasms that occur in various anatomical sites, including the eye. Ocular melanomas account for 5% of all melanomas and are mainly described in Caucasian and older individuals. This study describes the clinical and pathological characteristics of uveal (choroid) me...

Reconstrucción palpebral tras resección tumoral del globo ocular
Palpebral Reconstruction after Tumor Resection of the Eyeball

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 35 (3), 2022
Los defectos palpebrales creados tras la resección tumoral pueden ser parciales o totales, afectar a la lamela externa, a la interna o a ambas y requerir diferente técnica reconstructiva, simple o compleja. El objetivo es presentar los resultados cosméticos y funcionales en una paciente que se le real...

Preliminary study of rabbits as an animal model of mammalian eye transplantation and literature review

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Purpose: To describe an innovative animal model of eye transplantation used in rabbits. Methods: six Dutch-belted male rabbits were submitted to lateral orbitotomy in the right eye, wide retrobulbar anatomy exposure, dissection of the structures, identification and distal section of the optic ...

Evaluation of efficacy of new lens nucleus fragmenting forceps in cataract surgery

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of low-cost nucleus fragmenting forceps designed to reduce the use of ultrasound during phacoemulsification. Methods: A total of 60 pig eyes enucleated 10 hours before were placed in the microwave oven, at maximum power for 10 seconds, to form cataracts with...

Iris cyst and atypical complications

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT The authors report the case of a male adult presenting significant ocular complications and irreversible visual impairment, resulting from the long-term progression and late diagnosis of an iris cyst in the right eye, probably secondary to trauma. The patient was admitted to Hospital Universitá...

Hemangioma de coroide e o desafio do diagnóstico diferencial

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2020
Resumo O hemangioma de coroide é um tumor benigno relativamente raro, que se apresenta de forma circunscrita ou difusa, sendo esta última normalmente associada à Síndrome de Sturge-Weber. Os tumores circunscritos manifestam-se de forma insidiosa, com o diagnóstico realizado comumente após o apareci...

Fusarium solani keratitis: role of antifungal susceptibility testing and identification to the species level for proper management

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT We report a patient with fungal keratitis caused by a multiresistant Fusarium solani in a tertiary care hospital located in southern Brazil. A 55-year-old man with a history of ocular trauma presented with keratitis in left eye. The patient has a complicated clinical course and failed to respond...

Caracterización clinicopatológica del melanoma uveal

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 31 (4), 2018
Objetivo: Describir las características clinicopatológicas de los pacientes con diagnóstico de melanoma de la úvea. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo de serie de casos, en el Instituto Cubano de Oncología y Radiobiología de Cuba, desde enero del año 2011 hasta junio de 2...

Ruptura del globo ocular
Rupture of the eyeball

Rev. cuba. med. mil; 47 (4), 2018
Los traumatismos oculares representan la principal causa de pérdida de la agudeza visual en individuos jóvenes y se sitúa entre las causas de ceguera en el mundo. Pueden tener un efecto devastador sobre el globo ocular; es el tipo de traumatismo más severo en esta zona, con un pobre pronóstico visua...