Journal Reviews

Detection of SO tendon abnormality versus atrophy

3 October 2022 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Extraocular muscle anatomy/histopathology/physiology, magnetic resonance imaging, strabismus, superior oblique palsy

This study aimed to evaluate patterns of binocular misalignment in primary gaze, lateral and vertical gaze, and head tilt in patients showing head-tilt dependent hypertropia associated with discontinued superior oblique (SO) tendon but without SO muscle atrophy, versus patients with...

Brain abnormality as risk factor for consecutive exotropia

4 February 2021 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Infantile esotropia, consecutive exotropia, magnetic resonance imaging, strabismus surgery, white matter damage of immaturity

The authors evaluated and compared the cerebral MRI findings in operated infantile esotropia cases with and without consecutive exotropia. This was a retrospective study of 28 patients. Group 1 had 17 cases of consecutive exotropia with a mean follow-up of...

A case study of posterior globe flattening in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

7 December 2020 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Papilloedema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, magnetic resonance imaging, raised intracranial pressure

The authors present a single case of posterior globe flattening without papilloedema in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The case was a 64-year-old woman with a one-year history of transient visual loss in her left eye only. Visual acuity was 20/20 in...

A rare case of ophthalmic complications following allergic fungal sinusitis

1 February 2016 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Allergic fungal sinusitis, compressive optic neuropathy, magnetic resonance imaging

The authors present an unusual case report of a 32-year-old man with advanced allergic fungal sinusitis, presenting with severe bilateral visual loss and restricted ocular motility. On presentation he had an 18 month history of progressive nasal obstruction, as well...