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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...

Descolamento seroso da retina neurossensorial associado à mácula dome-shaped: relato de dois casos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
RESUMO A mácula dome-shaped consiste na elevação convexa da região macular, encontrada principalmente em pacientes com alta miopia. O significado clínico e a correlação com outras patologias oculares ainda são incertos. Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever dois casos de mácula dome-shaped com...

Assessment of intraocular pressure, macular thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer, and ganglion cell layer thicknesses: ocular parameters and optical coherence tomography findings in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Objective: To compare intraocular pressure (IOP) and macular, retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and ganglion cell layer (GCL) thicknesses in treatment-naive children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children with ADHD on regular methylphenidate (MPH) treatment for at least 3 months, ...

Optical coherence tomography angiography findings in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion treated with Anti-VEGF

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate retinal microvasculature changes in patients treated with anti-VEGF for macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion. Methods: We examined 38 eyes of 19 patients for the study. We measured superficial and deep capillary plexus vessel densities (%), foveal av...

Effectiveness of monthly and fortnightly anti-VEGF treatments for age-related macular degeneration

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To study the efficacy and safety of treatments with ranibizumab and bevacizumab for exudative age-related macular degeneration. Methods: A parallel randomized clinical trial was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of three regimens (bevacizumab every month, bevacizumab every ...

Optical biometry-based axial length alterations after intravitreal dexamethasone implant

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate changes in axial length after intravitreal dexamethasone implantation in patients with macular edema. Methods: We performed a prospective comparative study of 46 patients with unilateral macular edema, due to diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, and non-infecti...

Comparison of choroidal thickness in patients with active and stable thyroid eye disease

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To compare the choroidal thickness in active and stable phases of thyroid eye disease. Methods: Forty-seven eyes of 47 patients with thyroid eye disease were prospectively studied. Patients were evaluated on the basis of their clinical activity scores, with scores 33 defined as active...

The effect of smoking cessation on posterior ocular structures

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose: This study evaluated changes in cho­roidal and macular thickness in healthy volunteers and chronic smokers. Methods: Thirty-three eyes of 33 chronic smokers (study group) and 33 eyes of 33 healthy controls who had never smoked were prospectively evaluated. Comprehensive ophthalmic as...

Revisión Bibliográfica: Degeneración Macular Relacionada con la Edad. Prevención y Tratamiento Temprano

La degeneración macular relacionada con la edad es una de las enfermedades que afecta a la mácula en personas mayores de 50 años, por la existencia de diferentes cambios neurodegenerativos multifactoriales que pueden llevar a la pérdida de la visión central. Según la Organización mundial de la sal...