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Possible COVID-19 related maculopathy
5 April 2022
| Nancy Khairat, Varij Mathur, V Kesharaju
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EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
COVID-19 is being investigated as a potential cause for various ocular diseases, with growing evidence of related retinal vascular changes, that vary from isolated cotton wool spots and retinal haemorrhages to retinal vascular occlusions [1.2]. COVID-related macular affection has also...
What is paracentral acute middle maculopathy?
3 June 2021
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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PAMM, Paracentral acute middle maculopathy, Retinal capillary plexus, Retinal ischemic cascade, Retinal vascular occlusion, Retinal vasculature
This is a review article characterising a clinical entity called paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM). The article highlights the fact that retinal capillary plexuses are organised predominantly into three trilaminar capillary layers occupying the area between the nerve fibre layer...
How to survive the fluorescein round
1 December 2016
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
One of the highlights of the medical retina fellowship programme at Moorfields is the Tuesday morning 8am fluorescein round. It is both exhilarating and terrifying. Exhilarating because they are slick presentations of the most interesting cases that each of the...
Acute macular neuroretinopathy
3 April 2024
| Sagar Jobanputra, Marcela Bohn
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) is a rare condition that typically affects young women and presents with photopsia and paracentral scotomata [1]. We describe a case of severe acute macular neuroretinopathy, following Covid-19 infection. A 30-year-old woman presented to the urgent...
Clinical outcomes of AMT in acute ocular chemical injury
1 August 2017
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Cornea, Inflammation, Ocular surface, Stem Cells, Treatment Surgery
This is a retrospective study of patients from two units in Germany and UK between 1998 and 2008. The ocular chemical burns were classified by Roper-Hall and Dua classifications. A total of 72 eyes of 54 patients aged 37.3 years...
Acute retinal necrosis presumably caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection
1 October 2015
| Antigoni Koukkoulli, Mark Cachia Markman, Anindita Homchoudhury, Oliver Backhouse
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is an uncommon, but serious and potentially blinding condition. ARN is characterised by panuveitis, occlusive vasculopathy and progressive peripheral necrotising retinitis. The diagnosis is clinical but confirmation is sought via aqueous and vitreous sampling. Varicella zoster...
Ocular manifestations of multiple sclerosis: an overview
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), in which there is dissemination of lesions in time (two or more clinical events) and space (multiple lesions seen on brain and spinal imaging). The pathophysiology...
Does amniotic membrane transplant improve outcomes in chemical injuries?
This single centre, randomised, parallel-controlled clinical trial compared the outcomes of patients with Roper-Hall grade IV ocular chemical injury that had conventional treatment vs. combined medical treatment and amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT). They followed up 60 patients between August 2006...
Amniotic membrane transplantation for SJS/TEN
This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients who underwent amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in the acute stage of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) / toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) from Toronto, Canada, between 2009 and 2018 and had more than three months...Glaukos: Trabecular Micro-Bypass Surgical Masterclass November
22 November 2025
Agenda 10:00am Coffee10:30am Welcome/Introduction to Glaukos Masterclass - Niven Smith11:00am Why trabecular bypass? - Mr Imran Masood, Birmingham11:30am iStent inject W surgical technique - Mr Imran Masood, Birmingham12:00pm iStent inject W as the standard care at te time of cataract...
An unusual case of acute retinal necrosis
1 August 2015
| Pouya Alaghband, Louise Downey, Seema Arora
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Case report A 40-year-old Caucasian male presented with a four-day history of redness and progressive painless reduction of vision in the left eye. His visual acuities were 6/4 in the right and 6/36 in the left. The left eye showed...
Transforming lives in Bolivia: A successful partnership with the Andean Medical Mission and Surgitrac
23 July 2024
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Company Profiles, Global Health
Using consumables donated by Surgitrac Instruments, the Andean Medical Mission (AMM) has just returned from a transformative one-month trip to northern Bolivia.
