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What's trending Feb/Mar 2022

1 February 2022 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending over the last few weeks. British man fitted with 3D printed eye Steve Verze of London has required a prosthetic eye for over 20 years. On 25 November 2021,...

Macula re-attachment following intravitreal ranibizumab in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

1 February 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Ranibizumab (Lucentis) is a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (anti-VEGF) used for treatment of choroidal neovascular membrane [1]. We report a case where macula off inferior rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was misdiagnosed as wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and three intravitreal...

Effect of minor trauma in eyes with previously undiagnosed angioid streaks

1 April 2014 | | 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
Angioid streaks (AS) may be associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), Paget’s disease, haemoglobulinopathies, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or abetalipoproteinaemia. Histopathology showed retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choriocapillaris loss, elastic fibre degeneration, calcium deposition, active choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) and vascular endothelial growth...

Shedding light on Wolfram syndrome: The unveiling of a delayed diagnosis

12 August 2025 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Wolfram syndrome 1 (WS1) was first described by Wolfram and Wagener in 1938 and it’s a rare neurodegenerative, progressive disorder, also known as DIDMOAD (diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness) [1]. We present an atypical case of WS...

What's trending Oct/Nov 2025

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #AlienEarth #TheEye One of the best shows to recently start streaming is, in my opinion, Alien: Earth. The cosmic horror of...

My Top Five: Social movements changing eyecare awareness

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
Throughout recent years, the rise of the digital age has allowed for social movements to receive far greater awareness than was ever deemed possible. As a result, significant attention has been drawn towards initiatives focusing on a range of health...

Investigating the link between corneal clarity and statin use

2 February 2024 | | EYE - Cornea
Transparency is a vital attribute of the cornea, necessary in preserving healthy vision. Maintaining this requires the collective input of the various layers of the cornea. Mostly, the layers implicated in this are the corneal stroma and endothelium [1]. Our...

Conference Report: Scottish Ophthalmological Club Spring 2025 Meeting

5 June 2025 | | News, Report, Conferences, Meetings, UK, Scotland, SOC
The biannual Scottish Ophthalmological Club (SOC) meeting took place on 21 February 2025 in the rolling hills of Stirling at the Stirling Court Hotel. Kindly hosted by NHS Forth Valley, the free paper session commenced after a cordial opening message...

On the wrong track

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A 65-year-old very high myope lady presented with sudden blurred vision down to count fingers to her right eye after a short and sharp pain. She also described seeing a black swirly line and as all these symptoms were exactly...

An arm and a leg

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
“It cost me an arm and a leg.” – Mr B told me. An arm and a leg to be seen by the famous Russian eye surgeon who said that everybody can be spectacle-free. He took Mr B’s money (roughly...

Report: UKISCRS 2023

15 November 2023 | | UKISCRS, Cataract surgery, refractive surgeons, Gill Wood, London, Events, Conferences, 2023
An Eye News exclusive report of The 47th Annual Congress of the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons.

“I can see fine. Why do I need my eyes tested?”

2 December 2019 | | EYE - General
Are routine eye examinations really necessary? The author asks whether frequent appointments in low-risk patients with normal results are actually cost-effective. It’s recommended that most people should get their eyes tested every two years.” [1] This message is widely publicised...