Objective: To determine the main causes of visual impairment and blindness in children enrolled at Instituto Benjamin Constant blind school (IBC) in 2013, to aid in planning for the prevention and management of avoidable causes of blindness. Methods: Study design: cross-sectional observational study. Data was collected from medical records of students attending IBC in 2013. Causes of blindness were classified according to WHO/PBL examination record. Data were analyzed for those children aged less than 16 years using Stata 9 program. […]

Objetivo: Determinar as causas de cegueira e deficiência visual nas crianças matriculadas na Escola do Instituto Benjamin Constant (IBC) em 2013, para contribuir na elaboração de estratégias de controle e prevenção de causas evitáveis de cegueira. Métodos: Desenho de estudo: observacional do tipo transversal. Os dados foram coletados através dos prontuários dos alunos matriculados na Escola em 2013. As causas de cegueira foram classificadas de acordo com os registros de exames elaborados pela OMS/IAPB. Os dados foram analisados, em crianças […]

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the presence of the symptoms of computer vision syndrome (CVS) accounting office employees. Methods: The research tools used were a questionnaire based on the set of symptoms of CVS rated by Likert scale (1-5) and workplace observations based on Ergonomic Workplace Analysis (EWA). Results: The participants who worked with a viewing angle of less than 10º relative to the screen had more symptoms, particularly of pain in the back of the neck and back […]

Objetivo: Este trabalho objetivou averiguar a presença dos sintomas da Síndrome Visual dos Computadores (SVC) trabalhadores de escritórios de contabilidade. Métodos: Como instrumentos de pesquisa utilizou-se um questionário baseado no conjunto de sintomas da SVC, avaliado por Escala Likert (1-5), e foram realizadas observações no local de trabalho baseadas na Avaliação Ergonômica de Postos de Trabalho. Resultados: Os participantes que trabalhavam com o ângulo de visão menor do que 10º em relação à tela foram os que apresentaram mais sintomas […]

Os autores relatam um caso de síndrome da pálpebra flácida unilateral com intolerância ipsilateral à brimonidina em um homem de 65 anos de idade. A singularidade deste caso é a combinação de duas doenças raras de grande potencialidade inflamatória no mesmo olho. O objetivo deste artigo é relatar um caso de síndrome da pálpebra flácida com intolerância ipsilateral à brimonidina, enfatizando uma possível relação entre eles. O resultado foi uma ceratopatia unilateral que simulou uma neoplasia intra-epitelial. A chave para […]

The authors report a case of unilateral floppy eyelid syndrome with ipsilateral intolerance to brimonidine in a 65-year-old man. The singularity of this case is the combination of two rare illnesses of great phlogistic potentiality in the same eye. The purpose of this article is to report a case of unilateral floppy eyelid syndrome with ipsilateral intolerance to brimonidine, emphasizing a possible relation between them. The result was a unilateral keratopathy that emulated an intraepithelial neoplasia. The key to solving […]

Lamellar ichthyosis is a congenital disease autosomal recessive which is characterized clinically by peeling of all the body surface due hyperkeratosis mucocutaneous that can cause ocular involvement. We reported a case of ductal cyst of the lacrimal gland in patient with lamellar ichthyosis attended in the Ophthalmological Hospital of Anápolis.

Pterygia are usually benign lesions that do not require specific treatment. It is a fibrovascular growth onto the nasal side of the cornea. It`s cause has not been fully elucidated yet, but seems to be related to long -term ultraviolet ray exposure. When symptoms are not controlled with conservative treatment surgery is considered, but the recurrence rate is still high, and efforts have been made to avoid it. Mitomycin C (MMC) is a fibroblast proliferation inhibitor that can be used […]