ABSTRACT A 36-year-old black male presented with a progressive loss of visual acuity in both eyes for 7 years. He had a history of tractional retinal detachment in the right eye and vitreous hemorrhage followed by retinal detachment in the left eye. He denied any systemic illness, trauma, or drug abuse. After clinical investigation, he was diagnosed with SC hemoglobinopathy and proliferative sickle cell retinopathy stage V in both eyes.

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the indirect ophthalmoscopy performed in ophthalmologic consultations, analyzing the prevalence of the study and comparing them with the reason for the consultation. Methods Cross-sectional study, with data found during the indirect ophthalmoscopy exam of inpatients or in emergency room care. The data analyzed for each patient was sex, the requested medical age, the reason for the consultation and the funduscopic examination findings. Results One hundred and four patients were evaluated and 43.27% of patients with a […]

ABSTRACT The case of a 55-year-old male who presented central retinal vein occlusion with marked macular ischemia in left eye is reported. Despite the intervention with sustained-release dexamethasone polymer injection and other clinical measures, the visual acuity was severely reduced in left eye. After 8 months, he returned to the emergency with acute visual loss of 2 hours of progression in right eye due to a central retinal artery occlusion, sparing only the territory of the cilioretinal artery. Patient underwent […]

ABSTRACT Objective: A scientometric analysis produced in ophthalmic genetics and gene therapy research is lacking. The purpose of this study is to present a holistic analysis of ophthalmic genetics literature. Methods: The data used in this study were obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. All published documents between 1975-2019 were included. The data exported from WoS enabled the extensive details of ophthalmic genetics related literature including countries, institutions, authors, citations and keywords. Scientometric network maps of keywords […]

Abstract Purpose: This article aims to describe the prevalence of retinal alterations on the indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy exam in patients with sickle cell disease (HbSS or HbSC) who are over 40 years of age. Methods: This is a retrospective study in which patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with an age group of 40 years or older were attended in a service of retina in Salvador, Brasil on the last 10 years. All patients were submitted to the clinical file […]

Abstract Hemoglobin C is the second most frequent Hb variant in Brazil and the world. Hemoglobin C trait is described as a benign and asymptomatic condition. There is little information in the literature about the association of retinal vascular disease and the presence of hemoglobin AC, being this information restricted to a few case reports. This case report describes a 26-year-old female patient with hemoglobin C trait. She presents areas of non-perfusion and arteriovenous shunts in the retinal temporal periphery […]

Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) is a rare disease characterized by an acute damage of one or more external retinal zones leading to the visual field or the visual acuity impairment associated with small or no changes in the fundus examination.The main clinical symptoms are scotomas and the sudden onset of photopsias. Abnormal findings on electroretinography and visual field defects are critical for the diagnosis. Central vision is usually preserved and the stabilization occurs in six months in most […]

Objetivo: Correlacionar achados clínicos da síndrome de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada com resultados ecográficos padronizado da doença em um estudo transversal, descritivo e observacional. Métodos: Pacientes com a doença de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada, o convalescente e recorrência em fases padronizadas foram avaliados com ecografia ocular. Olhos com material opaco foram excluídos. Achados clínicos foram correlacionados com dados ecográficos. Resultados: Um total de 25 pacientes e trinta e sete olhos foram incluídos no estudo. A acuidade visual (AV) 20/100 foi em média 0.70 logMAR. Os achados […]