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Blinking blepharitis has a lot to answer for…

1 October 2015 | Christine Purslow (Prof) | EYE - Cornea

Never ignore the small things’…someone once said. There is no doubt blepharitis is one of the most common eye conditions encountered daily, but with the typical pressures of a busy outpatient department, the management of more obvious, sight-threatening conditions necessarily...

My experience of the transition into a specialist orthoptist role

1 August 2018 | Michelle Dent | EYE - General

Michelle Dent discusses the process of transitioning into a new role and the pros and cons along the way. An opportunity arose for a permanent, full time, band 7 specialist role in the medical retina (MR) team in the Newcastle...

Neurofibromatosis type 2 – diagnosis, features and MDT approach

1 December 2021 | Jincy Kurian | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

NF2 is a genetic condition caused by mutation in a single gene (NF2 gene) on chromosome 22. The NF2 gene provides instructions to produce a protein called merlin, also known as schwannomin. This protein functions as a tumour suppressor, preventing...

SOS (Simplified Ophthalmic Statistics) Part 4: How to present your statistical analysis

1 October 2019 | Catey Bunce, Tafadzwa Young-Zvandasara | EYE - General

This is the last in this series of short guides which we hope provide some guidance in relation to statistical issues researchers may encounter when conducting research, audit or indeed quality improvement projects. Here we focus on an issue that...

Certifying patients as visually impaired: the start of a journey

1 October 2019 | Patrick Hughes | EYE - General

In March 2017 there were 290,475 people registered as either visually impaired or severely visually impaired in the UK [1]. Patients registered as sight impaired benefit from financial support as well as practical help. Practical help is provided by social...

Navigating the retina: the nitty-gritty of slit-lamp fundus examination

3 August 2023 | Pratik Bikkannavar, Mala Subash | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

The slit-lamp fundus examination can be a difficult and disorientating task for beginners due to the retina being viewed in a non-anatomical orientation, the small area of retina illuminated, and the counterintuitive technique of the examination. This article provides a...

Behind the eyes: Unravelling the mystery of a painless progressive proptosis

4 February 2025 | Netra Kalla, Tristan McMullan | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Pathology

Orbital fungal infections have the potential to give rise to serious complications. While these infections typically originate in the sinuses, patients may initially exhibit ocular symptoms. As a result of the diverse and often vague clinical manifestations (especially during the...

Sclerochoroidal calcification masquerading as ocular malignancy

5 April 2022 | S Vamshi Merugumala | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Case 1 A 68-year-old Caucasian gentleman was urgently referred to eye casualty by his optometrist after seeing an unusual incidental finding of protruding lesions from the retina, suspecting choroidal melanoma. He was asymptomatic and this was his first eye test...

Sharing best practice and landmark evidence in glaucoma care

1 August 2019 | Keith Barton, Gus Gazzard (Prof), Hari Jayaram | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General

Evolving technology, best practice and landmark evidence in glaucoma care were reviewed by an international expert faculty in session presentations and debates during the 11th Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium 2019. The authors were meeting chairs and provide an overview of...

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