Claire Howard

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Neuro-Ophthalmology

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Prediction of visual outcome in IIH

1 February 2019 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, predictors, visual outcome

In this prospective study, visual outcome of 40 patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) was compared with clinical and neuro-ophthalmic parameters. The purpose of this was to determine any correlation to try and predict visual outcome for IIH patients. Parameters...

Is exenteration helpful in invasive fungal sinusitis?

1 February 2019 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Invasive fungal sinusitis, orbital exenteration, posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy

Invasive fungal sinusitis is a potentially lethal disease that causes painful orbital apex syndrome with ophthalmoplegia and visual loss. The mechanism of ophthalmoplegia and visual loss is not clear, and neither is the role of radical surgery-orbital exenteration. The authors...

Two illustrative cases of AZOOR

1 February 2019 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy, autofluorescence, ellipsoid zone, enlarged blind spot

The authors present two illustrative cases of acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) which causes acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement. The disease is characterised by sudden loss of outer retinal function associated with photopsia, with minimal or no fundoscopic changes...