Angular dermoid cysts are common periorbital tumours in children. They are tumours of embryonic origin that arise along bony sutures as a result of abnormal ectodermal sequestration during development. Angular dermoid cysts usually present in early childhood, are characteristical...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i330216
Aims: To describe the importance of optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence in the documentation of papillary colobomatous fossette. Presentation of Case: F.D.O. A 14-year-old male student is referred for evaluation of the fundus of the eye due to an alteration in the o...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i330214
Objective: To evaluate safety and efficacy of using spherical intraocular lens followed by wavefront guided surface ablation in correction of preexisting regular corneal astigmatism. Methods: This retrospective case series study included 20 eyes of 16 patients having visually sig...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i330215
Purpose: To consider new possibilities of refractive modeling of the cornea by the radiation of an argon-fluorine excimer laser in ablative and subablative modes after saturation of the stroma with riboflavin. Materials and Methods: Experimental (20 pork, 90 rabbit eyes) and clin...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i330213
Background and Aim: Despite considerable progress made in the treatment of Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), it is still a common cause of reduced vision in children in developed countries, and its prevalence is increasing. This is a preventable disease and responds to treatments...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i330212
Aims: To evaluate the surgical outcome of combined phacoemulsification cataract surgery plus posterior chamber intraocular and trabeculectomy with adjunctive 5-Fluorouracil versus trabeculectomy with 5-Fluorouracil in the management of Primary open angle glaucoma. Study Design: i...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i230211
Aims: To describe a Fabry disease, that it’s diagnosis was only possible through the molecular test Presentation of Case: L.A.P. female, 42 years old, lawyer, seen by the ophthalmology department for routine consultation only with refractive complaints. Fundus of the eye: Mild na...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i230209
Thiago Sande Miguel, Ana Luiza Mansur Souto, Fernanda Bekman Diniz Mitleg Rocha, Tais Cristina Rossett, Felipe Bekman Diniz Mitleg Rocha, Eduardo de França Damasceno & Daniel Almeida da Costa·Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal·2021
Aims: To describe a solar retinopathy. Presentation of Case: ALPN, 29 years old, male, with cognitive deficit that started after a car accident that occurred at the age of 6 years, attends the ophthalmology clinic of the University Hospital Antônio Pedro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil w...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i230210
Contrast is a measure of the amount of lightness or darkness an object has in relationship to its background. Usually, it is described as Contrast Sensitivity (CS), which actually is the inverse of the contrast threshold. More often than not, stimulus set includes grating pattern...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i230208
Aim: To find the prevalence of choroidal tubercles in tuberculosis patients. Introduction: Tuberculosis is the most common cause of infectious cause of death especially in endemic countries. Tuberculosis infection spreads hematogenously from primary infection site to rest of the...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i230207