Sjogren – Larsson syndrome is a rare autosomal recessively inherited neurocutaneous disorder which occurs with 100% penetrance and is classically characterized by ichthyosis, spasticity and mental handicap. The disease is caused by mutations in the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene. The ocular manifestations are highly characteristic bilateral, glistening yellow-white retinal dots from the age of 1 to 2 years onward. The number of dots increases whit age. The extent of the macular abnormality does not correlate with the severity of the ichthyosis […]

A case of unilateral visual loss and right eye presenting intense pre-orbital bleeding was described in patient 80 years old, after upper and lower bilateral blepharoplasty surgery. Ophthalmologic examination showed clinical profile of posterior ischemic optic neuropath with superior hemianopsia and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of normal orbit. Comments are made on possible mechanism involved in the process as well as analysis on the evolution of the retinal nerve layer by optical coherence tomography.

Metastasis in choroidal melanoma is frequent on advanced diseases, involving mainly the liver, lungs and central nervous system. We report a case of cutaneous metastasis in choroidal melanoma because is an unusual condition, even in advanced disease.

Relatamos o caso de uma senhora de 45 anos de idade, portadora de ceratocone grau 2 e consequente anisometropia, submetida à extração do cristalino transparente, e uso da lente intraocular modelo SN60T5 AcrySof Toric para o olho esquerdo. Facoemulsificação seguida pelo implante da lente intraocular tórica no olho esquerdo. No pós-operatório, resultados refracionais e visuais satisfatórios foram alcançados. O uso de lentes intraoculares tóricas pode se constituir em opção terapêutica para casos selecionados de ceratocone grau 2.

A ocorrência de metástases do melanoma de coróide é frequente na doença avançada, acometendo principalmente fígado, pulmões e sistema nervoso central. Relatamos um caso de melanoma de coróide com metástases cutâneas, por se tratar de acometimento raro, mesmo em casos avançados da doença.

Racemose Haemangioma (RH) is a congenital anomaly, characterized by retinal arteriovenous(AV) malformation. About 30% of patients have signs of central nervous system (CNS) involvement, which has been called the Wyburn-Mason syndrome. The authors present a 39-year-old male patient, who was admitted at the emergency room with decreased visual acuity of his left eye, for the last 6 days. Ophthalmic examination was performed and showed a visual acuity of 4/10 in his right eye and of 2/10 in the left eye. […]

PURPOSE: To report a polypoidal vascular choroidopathy clinical case causing cystoid macular edema and the response to Ranibizumab intravitreal treatment. METHODS: A 62-year old caucasian woman was referred by her comprehensive ophthalmologist for retinal avaliation. On presentation best corrected visual acuity was 20/100 in the left eye and 20/20 in right eye.Anterior segment examination was unremarkable in both eyes. Clinical examination and FA on the left eye demonstrated numerous small drusen and a cystoid macular edema due leakage from any […]

Age-related macular degeneration is a major cause of central vision loss and is the leading cause of blindness for people aged over 60 years. PURPOSE: To investigate the efficacy of intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab (anti-VEGF) in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization nonsubfoveal, extra-foveal or juxta-foveal, caused by age-related macular degeneration and revision paper. METHODS: The study design was descriptive and transverse.15 patients with nonsubfoveal choroidal neovascularization caused by age-related macular degeneration, were treated with intravitreal injection of Ranibzumab per month, […]