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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): what happens to eye movements?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of upper motor neurons of the corticospinal tract and lower motor neurons in brainstem nuclei and the anterior horn of the spinal cord. Limited literature is available on abnormal ocular movements in...
Sub-clinical detection methods in multiple sclerosis
Visually symptomatic multiple sclerosis (MS) provides only part of the required information to assist in understanding the disease. Recently, researchers have concentrated their efforts on diagnosing MS cases in the subclinical period. The aim of this paper was to assess...
Risk factors identified for glaucoma progression in paediatric glaucoma suspects
A retrospective case review was conducted of children (<18 years) identified as being glaucoma suspects using common clinical criteria or the Childhood Glaucoma Research Network definition. Exclusion criteria included penetrating ocular trauma, treated ocular hypertension / glaucoma and use of...
Comparison of paediatric migraine and healthy controls using optical coherence tomography angiography
The authors present a cross-sectional study which recruited patients with paediatric migraine without aura along with age and sex-matched healthy controls. Both groups were recruited following attendance to an ophthalmology outpatient clinic. Children diagnosed with any of the following were...
Acromegaly associated with enlargement of extraocular recti muscles
This retrospective case review aimed to evaluate the frequency and extent of extraocular muscle enlargement in cases of acromegaly at presentation. All new presentations of acromegaly diagnosis at a single tertiary centre over a five-year period were screened for inclusion....
Profile of presentation, follow-up and management of orbital myositis
This retrospective study reviewed the demographic characteristics of patients with orbital myositis, their clinical profile, management options, outcomes and predictive factors for recurrence. The study included 52 patients (55 eyes; 3% bilateral involvement), 36 females, with mean age at presentation...
Treatment of anisometropia and strabismus amblyopia with syntonic phototherapy
Syntonic phototherapy is a non-invasive light therapy treatment using specific light colours, frequency and wavelength to improve body regulatory centres in the brain. It is proposed that red light increases cell membrane capacitance buildup of electrical charge before discharge that...
Prism adaptation responses for variable distance-near deviation in intermittent exotropia
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the prism adaptation test (PAT) on angle and distance-near-deviation (DND) in intermittent exotropia (IXT), and determine the frequency of responders and non-responders to PAT. This was a single-centre study...
How does presentation, progression and outcome of new onset diplopia vary between older and younger adults?
The authors present a retrospective case review with the aim of comparing the frequency of different causes for new onset binocular diplopia in 2 age groups, above and below 65 years old. Adult patients with new onset diplopia within a...
Ocular sequalae of spinal muscular atrophy
The authors present a retrospective single-centre cohort study of patients with spinal muscular atrophy – a neurodegenerative disorder presenting between infancy and early adulthood. Forty-eight patients were included in total, with roughly equal numbers of types 1, 2 and 3...
