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Case presentation: seizures as a presenting sign of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome of isolated elevated intracranial pressure of unknown cause. Neurological examination in IIH is typically normal except for papilloedema and possible cranial nerve six palsy, although rare, atypical symptoms and signs can occur. With...

Characteristics of cherry red spot on optical coherence tomography

In this study the authors report optical coherence tomography (OCT) characteristics of cherry red spot from three cases of Tay-Sachs and one case of Niemann Pick diseases to determine associated factors and potential visual implications. This was a retrospective case...

Infantile nystagmus syndrome and use of genetic testing

This review aimed to assess the clinical utility of genetic testing for individuals with infantile nystagmus syndrome. The authors define infantile nystagmus syndrome as having an onset before six months of age, binocular and conjugate. The literature search was conducted...

Stargardt disease in a Turkish cohort

The authors present a study of 27 Turkish patients who were seen in a single centre over a five-year period. All patients had macular optical coherence tomography (OCT), colour fundus photography and 30-2 Humphery visual fields performed, along with clinical...

Paediatric ophthalmology five-year results of atropine 0.01% efficacy in the myopia control in a European population

This a prospective, randomised and longitudinal study from Madrid, Spain in 361 eyes from 361 children randomised into the control group (177 eyes with no treatment) and the treatment group (184 eyes with 0.01% atropine drops once daily). Complete eye...

Gene profiling for a family with Duane’s retraction syndrome

The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and genomic features of a family with special types of Duane’s retraction syndrome (DRS). The mother and son had obvious clinical features. The son displayed features of horizontal gaze palsy...

Risks for ROP development in mid and late preterm infants

The authors evaluated the incidence, risk factors and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) development in mid and late preterm infants born at 32 to <37 weeks of gestational age (GA). This was a retrospective study of 5477 infants: 54.4% male. Overall,...

Current literature evidence for fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rapid vision-degrading presentation of IIH with limited published studies. This narrative review aims to collate current knowledge around fulminant IIH presentation and visual outcomes. Search terms included IIH, benign intracranial hypertension, or pseudo-tumour...

Associations between cerebral vascular malformations and retinal venous malformations

The authors present a retrospective medical notes review which aimed to understand associations between retinal venous malformations (RVM) and cerebral vascular malformations (CVM). Cases of known CVM over a four-year period were identified. The data extracted from medical records included...

Effect of intra-arterial chemotherapy drug regimens on globe salvage outcomes of retinoblastoma patients

This is a retrospective study from Shandong University, China, between May 2016 to November 2019, to compare the effect of 3-drug regimen (melphalan (MP) , topotecan (TP) and Carboplatin (CP)) of 95 patients (97 eyes) with two-drug regimen (MP and...

Use of immunomodulatory treatment for non-infectious uveitis: an International

Two-hundred-and-twenty-one group members from 53 countries completed a questionnaire on their indications, investigations and use of conventional and biologics and follow-up of treated patients. Main indications to start systemic immunomodulatory drugs were: uveitis not controlled by oral prednisolone (94.1%), specific...