Cocaine is used to produce a euphoric effect by abusers, who may be unaware of the devastating systemic and ocular side effects of this drug. We describe the first known case of cilioretinal artery occlusion after intranasal cocaine abuse.
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common systemic diseases in India. Intraocular TB is however, rare. Retinal vasculitis is a relatively rare manifestion of intraocular TB. We report a case of bilateral retinal vasculitis in a 19-year-old girl with abdominal tuberculosis. The patient responded well to anti-TB treatment along with a short course of low dose oral steroids. Vision in her right eye however remained compromised due to residual maculopathy. This is the first report of bilateral retinal vasculitis due to colonic TB.
Aim:To determine cosmetic and functional outcome following lateral strip procedure (LSP) for involutional entropion.Materials and Methods:This study was a prospective analysis of 15 patients (20 eyelids) of involutional entropion, who needed surgical repair. After thorough evaluation, the surgical treatment (LSP) was done in all 15 patients.Results:Cosmetic and functional outcome was excellent in all cases following LSP. No complications and recurrence were encountered in any case.Conclusions:LSP is simple, physiologic, easy and quick to perform as OPD procedure for involutional entropion under local anesthesia without hospitalization by a general ophthalmologist.
Keratoconus is known to be associated with a variety of ocular and systemic disorders. The common posterior segment disorders known to be associated with keratoconus are retinitis pigmentosa, macular coloboma, Leber’s congenital amaurosis, retinal aplasia and retrolental fibroplasias. Occurrences of keratoconus in association with tapetoretinal degeneration is rare and has been reported infrequently. Visualization of the fundus is often difficult in cases of keratoconus due to the associated refractive error and corneal opacities. This may make it difficult for the ophthalmologist to clinically diagnose associated macular degenerative changes preoperatively. We report a case of keratoconus who was diagnosed to have cone-rod dystrophy following successful corneal transplantation.
Valsalva haemorrhagic retinopathy is an uncommon clinical entity that can severely affect visual acuity. Valsalva haemorrhagic retinopathy is caused by a sudden increase in intrathoracic pressure, which reduces venous return to the heart and increases cephalic venous pressure, and may cause a sudden rise in intraocular venous pressure and spontaneous rupture of the retinal capillaries. This report is of a patient with a large macular pre-retinal haemorrhage that was managed conservatively.
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