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Article: Circle of Vision |
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Teresa J Bradshaw Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:119 (1 October 2015) |
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Article: Message from the Chairman of the PAOF Board |
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Liana Maria Vieira de Oliveira Ventura Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:118 (1 October 2015) |
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Article: Idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 1 treated with intravitreal ranibizumab and laser photocoagulation |
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Inês Martins de Almeida, Lilianne Duarte, Manuela Amorim, António Gomes Rocha, João Chibante-Pedro Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:115 (1 October 2015)
Introduction: Idiopatic Macular Telangiectasia (IMT) are a rare group of various entities presenting with incompetence, ectasia and/or irregular dilations of the juxtafoveolar capillaries of one or both eyes.
Case Report: A 62 year old female with Glaucoma was sent to the Retina Department with a suspected diagnosis of retinal vein occlusion on the left eye (LE). Her best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/20 in the right eye (RE) and 20/25 in the LE. Slit lamp examination was normal; fundoscopy showed a cup-to-disc relation of 0.6 in the RE with normal macula and a cup-todisc relation of 0.7 in the LE with multiple perifoveal microaneurysms, inferior temporal hard exudates and edema comproved with macular optical coherence tomography; fluorescein angiography revealed an area of hyperfluorescence with juxtafoveolar telangiectatic vessels located inferiorly and temporally to the fovea, with progressive filling and late active leakage in the LE. The diagnosis of IMT type 1 was made and she was treated with a loading dose of intravitreal injections of ranibizumab followed by a fourth injection because of persistent macular edema. One month after, her BCVA was 20/20 in the LE with improvement of macular edema and macular árgon laser photocoagulation was performed. Three months after the laser treatment her LE BCVA was 20/20 with fundoscopy showing small macular hemorrhages and microaneurysms.
Conclusion: Macular edema and exudation are the main cause of visual loss in these patients. This case suggests that ranibizumab and laser photocoagulation can be effective in the treatment of type 1 IMT.
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Article: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland masquerading as dacryoadenitis |
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Rafaella C Penteado, Ze Zhang, Buu T Duong, Alejandra A Valenzuela Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:112 (1 October 2015)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the lacrimal gland is a rare, life-threatening tumor often not diagnosed until advanced stages. This malignancy usually presents with nonspecific symptoms such as periocular pain and non-axial proptosis. We present a case of a 40-year-old female experiencing these symptoms, whose initial lacrimal gland biopsy was consistent with chronic dacryoadenitis. Reappearance and worsening of her symptoms after treatment led to a total dacryoadenectomy, which confirmed the presence of ACC. Close follow up of the clinical signs and imaging in this patient allowed us to suspect and finally diagnose an invasive malignancy that was masquerading as a chronic dacryoadenitis.
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Article: Castleman's disease |
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Alejandra Billagra, Daniel Weil, Santiago Vivante, Jose Croxatto, Davi Ferrerer Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:110 (1 October 2015)
Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder, comprising hyaline vascular elements, and plasma cells, which can be present in unicentric or multicentric forms. This disease rarely involves the orbit/eye globe.
We report the case of a 55-year old patient who was found to have a focal lesion in the orbit. Histopathology studies revealed features consistent with Castleman's disease. The patient was treated with surgical resection and radiotherapy and was free of disease recurrence at 16-months follow up.
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Article: High-resolution adaptive optics imaging complements standard spectral domain optical coherent tomography in retinal diseases with micro-structural details |
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Gibran Syed Gibran Syed Khurshid, Sasha Strul, Adam Boretsky, Massoud Motamedi, Praveena Gupta Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:108 (1 October 2015)
Purpose: To evaluate if high-resolution adaptive optics confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO) can be used as an adjunct complementary diagnostic tool to spectral domain optical coherent tomography (SD-OCT) in characterizing three macular diseases: cone-rod dystrophy, acute retinal pigment epitheliitis (Krill's disease), and occult macular dystrophy.
Methods: As part of a complete clinical examination, each patient was subjected to color fundus pictures, multimodal imaging scans with Heidelberg SpectralisTM and high-resolution retinal images with a custom built adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmolscope (AO-SLO). The registered AO-SLO images were averaged to improve the signal to noise ratio and used to generate larger photoreceptor mosaics.
Results: AO-SLO mosaics for all three conditions showed distinct, characteristic disruptions of the photoreceptors in areas that corresponded to the abnormalities observed on fundus photography and SD-OCT scans.
Conclusions: AO-SLO defined fine structural changes associated with retinal pathology at the photoreceptor level that could not be achieved using standard diagnostic methods. A combination of adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO) and SD-OCT provided views of the retina with enhanced lateral and axial resolution. High-resolution, ultra-structural details of the retina may provide additional insights into the disease etiology, progression and management of patients with vision threatening macular diseases.
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Article: Retinal interventional management of blind painful and non-painful eyes at risk for neovascular glaucoma |
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Salman S Dar, Alana L Grajewski, Elena Bitrian, Sandra R Montezuma Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:104 (1 October 2015)
Purpose: To review standard management of blind painful and non-painful eyes at risk for neovascular glaucoma, and report the management strategies of four cases.
Method: Case series and literature review.
Patients: The first two cases described are blind, painful eyes secondary to neovascular glaucoma, treated with intracameral bevacizumab injections. The third case, a blind, painful eye with uncontrolled glaucoma in a patient unsatisfied with her eye appearance due to white retained lens material at pupillary margin and a large prominent bleb, was treated with a combination of bleb revision, vitrectomy, lensectomy and endocyclophotocoagulation. The fourth case, a blind, non-painful eye with secondary radiation retinopathy at risk for neovascular glaucoma was treated with laser photocoagulation to prevent neovascular glaucoma and pain.
Results: The first two cases of blind, painful eyes with neovascular glaucoma had reduction in neovascularization and pain after intracameral bevacizumab injections and/or laser therapy. The third case had resolution of pain and transient decrease in intraocular pressure after a combined surgery. The blind, non-painful eye in case 4 with a history of radiation retinopathy had stable intrao pressure and no progression to neovascular glaucoma or pain. None of the four cases progressed to enucleation or evisceration.
Discussion: Retinal interventional management should be considered in blind painful and non-painful eyes to help control symptoms, treat or prevent progression to neovascular glaucoma and prevention of enucleation or evisceration.
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A Message of Good Wishes: Latin American consensus on retinal vein occlusion |
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Francisco J Rodriguez Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:93 (1 October 2015)
Acknowledgements: This report was made possible with the support of Bayer Healthcare. To guarantee the independence of the report and the working group's conclusions, the content of this report was developed exclusively by the authors, without any influence from Bayer HealthCare, The herein opinions do not reflect Bayer HealthCare's position or opinion. The working group did not receive any honoraria to participate in the development of this report.
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Message from the President: Message from the President |
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Eduardo Alfonso Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:92 (1 October 2015) |
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Editorial: Editorial |
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Paulo E C. Dantas Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2015, 14:91 (1 October 2015) |
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