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Using a tumour registry to investigate optic nerve gliomas
31 October 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
This study is a retrospective comparative analysis. Patients with optic nerve glioma and pilocytic astrocytoma were identified through the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registry covering a 42-year period using standardised codes. The following data was extracted: basic...
Should we be looking for anemia in the presence of papilloedema?
4 December 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective case notes review of patients diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) presenting to a tertiary neuro-ophthalmology clinic over a 32-month period. The IIH group were age and sex matched with other patients attending the clinic...
Acute comitant esotropia as the presenting sign of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
The authors present four children with acute comitant esotropia (AACE) associated with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. All were treated with radiation therapy and all subsequently died due to the tumour. Children were aged 5, 5, 4.5 and 11 years. General...Aquaporin-4 antibody testing in isolate optic neuritis
1 December 2023
| Lauren R Hepworth
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective case review of first presentation isolated cases of optic neuritis tested for aquaporin-4 antibody across two centres over a nine-year period. Exclusion criteria included known diagnosis or other manifestations of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Two...
New management algorithm for acute post cataract endophthalmitis
2 February 2024
| Su Young
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Bacteria, cataract, endophthalmitis, infection, pseudophakia, vitrectomy
In this study, the authors aimed to establish an objective algorithm for recommending urgent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) to help improve visual outcomes in the current era of clear corneal-incision phacoemulsification and small gauge PPV. This study examined 150 cases...
Does methanol poisoning require ophthalmic investigation?
2 February 2024
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Methanol poisoning, acute poisoning, case series, ocular findings, outbreak
The authors report a case series of 21 patients (41 eyes) diagnosed with acute methanol poisoning following an outbreak in Tunisia in 2020. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination including visual fields, colour vision test and optical coherence tomography...