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Don’t ignore the black lesion! It might be mucormycosis
Keeping mucormycosis infection in the foreground of your differential diagnosis, especially in those more vulnerable patients, will help save their lives if recognised and managed appropriately. Mucormycosis is a fulminant infection caused by the fungi of the family Mucoraceae. It...Neuro-ophthalmic disease patterns in Southeast Asia with particular reference to giant cell arteritis
As indicated in an earlier article in Eye News [1] Dr Cullen was invited in 2000 to the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) as visiting Professor with a specific remit to set up a specialist neuro-ophthalmology service, which was the...Prevalence of acute anterior uveitis in diabetic patients attending diabetic eye disease clinics
The authors share their investigation at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital into the association between diabetes and AAU. The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is rapidly rising from an estimated 9.3% in 2019 to 10.2% by 2030 [1]. The link...The lived experience of benign essential blepharospasm
Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a rare neurological condition which causes involuntary sustained or intermittent muscular contraction of both eyelids and upper facial muscles which cause closure of eyelids, abnormal facial expressions and distress [1]. The term dystonia is an...Conference report: SORD: Student Ophthalmology Review Day 2024
The Student Ophthalmology Review Day (SORD), now in its fifth year, was hosted at the Royal College of Ophthalmology at their esteemed London location, and two identical sessions were run on 11 and 12 December 2024. Designed for medical students...SORD: Student Ophthalmology Review Day 2024
by Asha Vanzara, Y5 Medical Student, University of Cambridge, UK. The Student Ophthalmology Review Day (SORD), now in its fifth year, was hosted at the Royal College of Ophthalmology at their esteemed London location, and two identical sessions were run...
