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5th World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
11 July 2024
-13 July 2024
by WSPOS Team. When we planned our trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this year to attend the 5th World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, little did we know that we would have the time of our lives. In the...
Oct/Nov 2019 Quiz
1 October 2019
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EYE - General
History A 62-year-old female patient was referred for rapid growth of a left periorbital soft tissue lesion with proptosis. Her past medical history included: hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and bipolar disorder. On examination: vision in the affected eye was hand movements, right...
Quiz Aug/Sep 2022
2 August 2022
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EYE - General
History A 58-year-old female patient was referred with a 2-year history, gradually enlarging, painless left upper lid lump. There was no bleeding or ulceration. She had no other eye symptoms and no other skin lesions. Her past medical history included:...
Pituitary adenoma causing compression of the optic chiasm
A 21-year-old girl presented to her general practitioner (GP) with a three-month history of headaches, becoming more frequent and associated intermittent vomiting that did not improve with simple analgesics. There was a strong family history of migraines. She was initially...
High dose (2.5mg) bevacizumab for postradiation cystoid macular oedema
1 April 2017
| Yamini Krishna
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EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
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Anti-VEGF, Cystoid macular edema, Melanoma, Radiation damage, Radiotherapy, Tumor
The authors present a retrospective, interventional case series investigating the efficacy of high dose (2.5mg/0.1ml) intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of persistent postradiation (Iodine-125 plaque brachytherapy for uveal melanoma) cystoid macular oedema (CME). Persistent CME was defined as increased or...
Moorfields Eductation: ocular oncology for the non-ocular oncologist: what you need to know for clinical practice
9 May 2025
This brand new course is aimed at ophthalmologists, trainees, optometrists and medical retina specialists and will cover the following topics: How to assess and diagnose ocular tumoursHow to refer patients to an ocular oncology centreUse of the MOLES score for...
Retinoblastoma – the challenges of a rare cancer and the role of international partnerships
4 October 2023
| Richard Bowman, Mattan Arazi, Aniruddh Heroor, Kahaki Kimani, M Ashwin Reddy, Ido Didi Fabian, Swathi Kaliki
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
Introduction: the global challenge The global burden of retinoblastoma (Rb) is one in 15,000-18,000 live births, which equates to 8000 new cases worldwide each year. The global disparities in Rb outcome represent a paradigm of health inequality worldwide [1]. In...
Results of changed treatment for retinoblastoma
Systemic chemotherapy was adopted in Kobe in 1996. In this study the authors analyse the clinical manifestations and results of treatment for patients with retinoblastoma since then. This review is of 43 eyes of 34 patients. Those with follow-up to...
Periocular sweat gland carcinomas
This is an interesting review of a rare group of tumours which together comprise the adnexal sweat gland carcinomas. Although there are only 22 patients, this is the largest cohort ever published. The authors summarise the clinical presentation, stage, management...
PERG as a visual prognosticator in chiasmatic tumours
1 April 2014
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - General
Pattern electroretinogram (PERG) allows assessment of ganglion cell function and may therefore be used to assess anterior visual pathway dysfunction. This prospective non-randomised study assessed PERG before and after surgical removal of tumours in and around the sellar region compressing...
