Objective: To evaluate the variation of intraocular pressure and ocular perfusion pressure during hemodialysis sessions, in the pre, intra (hourly) and post dialytic periods, in patients treated at Hemodialysis Reference Services in Fortaleza – CE. Methods: The study was longitudinal and prospective. 45 patients underwent hemodialysis. All patients were recruited to undergo an ophthalmologic examination, in addition to the intraocular pressure measurement with Tonopen. Results: The sample consisted of 26 men and 19 women with a mean age of 51.8 […]

Objetivo: Comparar as espessuras da camada de fibras nervosas da retina macular e peripapilar do olho dominante e não dominante usando a tomografia de coerência óptica (OCT). Métodos: 104 olhos de 52 adultos jovens saudáveis foram incluídos. Exames oftalmológicos; incluindo medidas de refração, melhor acuidade visual corrigida, medição da pressão intraocular (PIO), biomicroscopia de fenda-cordeiro, exame do fundo dilatado, medição da espessura macular central (CMT) e espessura da camada de fibras nervosas da retina peripapilar (PRNFL) foram realizadas em cada […]

Objetives: To assess the degree of fungal and bacterial contamination of hypotensive eye drops and the way these are preserved by the patients at the Glaucoma outpatient clinic of Santa Casa Hospital in Ribeirão Preto. Methods: Fifty-five patients were randomly assigned to follow-up in the outpatient clinic and, after their consent, an eye drop was collected per patient and later sent by mail for analysis by microbiologist and pathologist in up to 72 hours. Approximately 0.5ml of the medications were […]

Objetivo: Avaliar a associação entre a atividade do sistema nervoso simpático e a variabilidade da pressão arterial com a coriorretinopatia serosa central (CSC). Métodos: Estudo individuado, observacional e transversal envolvendo 11 pacientes com CSC e 16 indivíduos saudáveis de idade semelhante. Os participantes foram submetidos à análise de poder espectral da variabilidade da freqüência cardíaca no Departamento de Hipertensão do Instituto do Coração da Universidade de São Paulo. Resultados: Observamos o predomínio da atividade simpática no grupo com CSC, evidenciado […]

Objective: To analyze the quality of life among people with glaucoma according to the visual field defect. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, analytical study carried out in an ophthalmology unit, Glaucoma Project, in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Patients’ quality of life was assessed using the National Eye Institute 25-Item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25). The Mean Deviation (MD) parameter of the best eye was used to classify the visual field defects in mild, moderate and severe. Results: Four-hundred patients participated, […]

Objetivo: Analisar a prevalência de sintomas astenópicos em estudantes do ensino superior e avaliar a sua influência no desempenho acadêmico e no aprendizado. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva com delineamento transversal por meio da aplicação do Questionário College of Optometrists in Vision Development Quality of Life (COVDL-QoL), em sua adaptação transcultural e linguística para a língua portuguesa, aos alunos de uma faculdade particular da cidade de Montes Claros. Resultados: O questionário foi respondido por 132 universitários. Não houve discrepância significativa na prevalência […]

Objetivo: Descrever as estatísticas do Setor de Lente de Contato do Instituto Benjamin Constant do Rio de Janeiro. Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo de 794 casos no período de março/2004 a junho/2015. Resultados: A maior parte dos casos foi do sexo feminino (62,21%) e a indicação mais frequente foi médicas ópticas (56,04%). A faixa etária mais prevalente foi a de 20-39 anos, correspondendo a 46,34%, e em seguida a de 40-64 anos (25,31%). Do total de casos adaptados, 81,6% foram com lentes […]

Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile, complications and visual acuity improvement in patients submitted to penetrating keratoplasty in the Policlínica de Botafogo-RJ. Methods: Cross – sectional and retrospective study, carried out from January 2014 to April 2018, with review of 27 charts of patients submitted to transplantation. Results: Of the 27 patients evaluated, 15 (55.5%) were male and 12 (44.5%) were female. Mean age was 46.7 (DP 20.2). The indications for transplantation were corneal ulcer 6 (22.2%), keratoconus 5 (18.5%), […]

Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of visually impaired children at screening in three public schools in Aracaju-SE, to estimate the distribution of refractive errors and to use the data to develop a more comprehensive social project in all public schools of town. Methods: Cross-sectional study with visual acuity (VA) measurement at screening. Age, gender, VA, frequency of the main refractive errors, spherical equivalent and cylinder of those children with VA lower than or equal to 0.7 in any eye, difference […]

Objective: Evaluate the visual acuity, refraction, visual field changes and pupillary diameter in pseudophakic patients after instillation of 2% pilocarpine eye drops. Methods: Controlled, masked and randomized clinical trial carried out between May, 2015 and September, 2016 at the Gaffrée and Guinle University Hospital, RJ, Brazil. Forty patients, divided into 2 groups, were followed up in the postoperative period of a facectomy with intraocular lens implant. The patients in the group of cases were submitted to a drop of 2% […]

É relatado um caso raro de xantogranuloma juvenil, doença de natureza inflamatória diagnosticada mais frequentemente na infância, com manifestações cutâneas e oculares. A íris é o principal sítio extracutâneo da doença, apresentando-se como lesão amarelada, difusa ou localizada. O acometimento iriano pode acarretar surgimento de glaucoma, além de ambliopia. O manejo clínico da lesão ocular no presente caso foi baseado no necessidade no uso contínuo de corticoide tópico e sistêmico para estabilização da doença.

Case report of a 46-year-old patient with unsatisfactory clinical controlled juvenile glaucoma and peripapillary retinoschisis who, after being submitted to non-penetrating deep sclerectomy, evolved with serous detachment of the neurosensory retina. The association between peripapillary retinoschisis and serous detachment after filtering surgery is rare and only one case has been described in the literature. The purpose of this report is, besides to emphasize the rarity of the association, to show the importance of investigating peripapillary retinoschisis in glaucomatous patients, especially […]

The Bardet-Biedl Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Its main characteristics are pigmentary retinopathy, obesity, polydactyly, learning disabilities, various degrees of intellectual disability, renal anomalies and hypogonadism. The objective of this study is to report two cases of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome in patients diagnosed at the Benjamin Constant Institute and to perform a literary review of the syndrome. Review of medical records and bibliographic research were made from the PubMed, SciELO, MEDLINE and LILACS […]

The purpose of this research is to describe a clinical study of a male patient who experienced late-blindness due to traumatic optic neuropathy after getting into a bicycle accident. It is stressed the importance of performing pupillary/reflexes examination and computed tomography scan in order to diagnose “transorbitário” foreign body. It is also cover its surgical removal as well as an interdisciplinary approach and clinical evolution.

Multifocal choroiditis is an uncommon idiopathic inflammatory ophthalmological disease, which usually affects young women. The authors report a case of multifocal choroiditis in which patient underwent subtenonian triamcinolone injection associated with oral corticosteroid and management of immunosuppressive therapy. The clinical, diagnostic and treatment aspects are discussed. The subtenonian triamcinolone injection presented good results on macular edema when associated with oral imunosuppressive therapy, in agreement with the records obtained in the current medical literature.

Descrevemos nesse artigo o impacto terapêutico do uso combinado de duas medicações anti-corticosteroides com diferentes mecanismos de ação, na resolução clínica de um paciente com coriorretinopatia serosa central crônica.

Descrevemos um caso de um linfoma MALT bilateral, simétrico e primário de saco lacrimal. O linfoma MALT é um subtipo do Linfoma Não-Hodkin dos anexos oculares. Quando o local primário do linfoma é o saco lacrimal, ele pode simular uma dacriocistite crônica. Essa situação pode atrasar o diagnóstico e ter consequências fatais.