Large diameter scleral lens benefits for Asians with intractable ocular surface diseases: a prospective, single-arm clinical trial [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 To report the efficacy and safety of large diameter scleral lenses and determine their suitability in Asian subjects with intractable ocular surface diseases.
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Corneal and scleral biomechanics in ophthalmic diseases: An updated review
Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 2022 Corneal and scleral biomechanical properties have important implications in the maintenance of normal ocular morphology and function. The cornea and sclera compose the outermost layer of the eyeball, forming a sphere with a certain degree of intraocular ...
Yan Wang, Huazheng Cao
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‘Pulsed’ immunosuppressive therapy in the treatment of immunologically induced corneal and scleral disease [PDF]
Eye, 1987 'Pulsed' immunosuppressive therapy, using methylprednisolone with or without cyclophosphamide, has effectively controlled severe destructive corneal and scleral disease that had been unresponsive to oral steroids. Thirty-seven patients have been treated in this manner and the results, complications and possible mechanism of action are discussed.
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Whipple’s disease scleral nodules: a novel presentation in 2 consecutive patients [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Abstract Background Whipple’s disease (WD) is a rare, chronic, infection caused by gram-positive filamentous aerobic actinobacterium Tropheryma whipplei occurs classically in the gastrointestinal tract and shows histopathologically foamy macrophages with typical numerous PAS-positive, non-acid fast particles.
Waleed K. Alsarhani +5 more
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IgG4-related disease presenting as panuveitis without scleral involvement
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2017 The following case emphasizes the importance of including IgG4-related disease (RD) in the differential diagnosis of intraocular inflammation and multiple cranial nerve palsies.A 33-year-old man, with a history of idiopathic bilateral panuveitis, presented with a new right pupillary-sparing partial third nerve palsy, which spontaneously resolved in 2 ...
Kinda Najem +2 more
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Deep Scleral Exposure: A Degenerative Outcome of End-Stage Stargardt Disease [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 To describe a distinct phenotypic outcome of outer retinal degeneration in a cohort of genetically confirmed patients with recessive Stargardt disease (STGD1).Retrospective case series.Twelve patients, who were clinically diagnosed with STGD1 and exhibited a unique degenerative phenotype, were included in the study.
Winston Lee +4 more
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Endothelial dysfunction after scleral lens use in patients with herpetic eye disease [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Abstract Objective To assess the impact of scleral contact lens use on corneal endothelial cell function in eyes previously infected with the herpes viridae family of viruses. Design Retrospective review of four patient charts. Participants Four patient charts for a total of 6 eyes were included in this study. 50% of participants were female,
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Corneal and scleral involvement in inflammatory rheumatic disease: Rheumatologists and ophthalmologists exchanging views [PDF]
Joint Bone Spine, 2019 Corneal and scleral disorders related to inflammatory rheumatic diseases vary both in frequency and in severity. Sicca syndrome and its complications are the most common ocular manifestations and, together with episcleritis, can usually be managed by topical treatments.
Gaëlle Clavel +2 more
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High‐resolution ultrasound biomicroscopy as an adjunctive diagnostic tool for anterior scleral inflammatory disease [PDF]
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2016 AbstractPurposeTo study high‐resolution ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) findings in anterior scleral inflammatory disease and evaluate the efficacy of high‐resolution UBM as an adjunctive diagnostic tool.MethodsA cross‐sectional study. The medical records of 30 patients (33 eyes) with episcleritis or anterior scleritis were reviewed for clinical ...
Dinah Zur +4 more
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Scleral and Body Hyperpigmentation in Disseminated Tuberculosis with Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison’s Disease) [PDF]
Journal of General Practice, 2015 Muzamil Latief1, Waseem Raja2*, Manzoor Parry1 and Ravi Rao1 1Department of Internal Medicine, University Ambala, Maharishi Markandeshwar, Haryana 2Department of Internal Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu & Kashmir, India *Corresponding author: Waseem Raja, Department of Internal Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical
Muzamil Latief, Waseem Raja
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