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Phacoemulsification and 1% atropine eye drops for treatment of antimetropic congenital microcoria associated with cataracts

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT A rare case of bilateral congenital microcoria associated with antimetropia in a 47-year-old man is here described. The patient presented with a chief complaint of progressive vision loss in his right eye over the past five years. A slit-lamp examination and ultrasound biomicroscopy confirmed co...

Ocular manifestations of psoriasis

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose: We aimed to report the ocular manifestations observed in patients with psoriasis. Methods: Patients were included and referred to our ophthalmology clinic from dermatology clinics of Universidade do Estado do Pará between October 2013 and August 2014. Clinical interviews were conduct...

Glaucoma due to ciliary body cysts and pseudoplateau iris: a systematic review of the literature

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT The diagnosis of angle-closure glaucoma secondary to iridociliary cysts is challenging and lacks compiled literature support. We present a rare case of bilateral angle-closure glaucoma associated with pseudoplateau iris due to multiple ciliary cysts and conducted a systematic review of the liter...

Ultrasound biomicroscopy in acetazolamide-induced myopic shift with appositional angle closure

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT We report a case of a 49-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with blurred vision and vomiting, hours after taking two tablets of 250 mg of acetazolamide. The anterior chamber was bilaterally flat, with normal intraocular pressure in both eyes. An ultrasound biomicroscopic (...

Bilateral acute angle closure in a patient with dengue fever: a case report

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 46-year-old female patient who presented with bilateral acute angle closure during the course of dengue infection. Dengue diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests. The patient had plateau iris configuration identified by ultrasound biomicroscopy. This is the second re...

Ultrasound biomicroscopy and claudication test for in vivo follow-up of muscle repair enhancement based on platelet-rich plasma therapy in a rat model of gastrocnemius laceration

Acta cir. bras; 31 (2), 2016
PURPOSE: To track the regeneration process of lateral gastrocnemius due to a muscle laceration in rats, and to treatment with plateletrich plasma (PRP). METHODS: Ultrasound (40 MHz) images were used for measuring pennation angle (PA), muscle thickness (MT) and mean pixel intensity, along with claudicatio...