Management of Inflammatory CNV
S.no First author Journal/year Type of study Disease No Location Method of treatment Assessment of response Anatomical outcome Visual outcome Follow up Remarks 1 Nielsen [14] Retina-2012 Retrospective POHS 54…
Advances in Ocular Toxoplasmosis
Fig. 1.1 Active primary retinal T. gondii lesion on the outside border of the vascular arcades in a 28-year-old female patient proven by intraocular fluid analysis. There is a mild…
Pediatric Uveitis
Infectious Congenital Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii) Rubella virus Cytomegalovirus Herpes simplex virus Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) Acquired Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii) Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis) Varicella zoster virus Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium…
Immunosuppressives in Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation
Ocular inflammatory indications for immunosuppressive therapy “Corticosteroid-sparing” therapy: when disease can be controlled with corticosteroids (usually oral, sometimes topical), but expected toxicity is unacceptably high at the dose required to…
Biologicals in Uveitis
Biologicals Mechanism of action Dosage regimen Onset of action The main adverse effects Controls and its frequency Pregnancy References TNF-alpha-blocking agents 1. Etanercept Blocking of TNF receptors 25 mg…
Corticosteroid in Uveitis
Drug Systemic equivalent (mg) Potency Cortisone 25 0.8 Hydrocortisone 20 1 Prednisone 5 4 Prednisolone 5 4 Methylprednisolone 4 5 Triamcinolone 4 5 Dexamethasone 0.75 26 Betamethasone 0.6 33 Regional:…
Glaucoma in Uveitis
and Ronnie George2 (1) Department of Uvea and Medical Retina, Sankara Nethralaya, No 18, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (2) Senior Consultant, Smt Jadhavbai Nathmal Singhvee, Department of Glaucoma…
Ocular Lesions in AIDS
16. Martin DF, Sierra Madero J, Walmsley S, et al. Valganciclovir Study Group. A controlled trial of valganciclovir as induction therapy for cytomegalovirus retinitis. N Engl J Med. 2002;346(15):1119–926. 17….
Noninvasive, Minimally Invasive, and Surgical Pearls for Cosmetic Rejuvenation of the Thyroid Eye Disease Patient
Fig. 12.1 Globe dystopia after aggressive anterior orbital floor decompression Thus we choose to avoid opening the medial wall anterior to the anterior ethmoidal foramen and the floor anterior to…
Customized Minimally Invasive Orbital Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease
First “wall”: Orbital fat 2–3 mm Second wall: Lateral wall 3–6 mm Third wall: Medial wall 4–7 mm Fourth wall: Orbital floor 5–9 mm Fig. 11.1 General conceptual frameworks for…
