Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.The main site of involvement is the lung, but the bacillus may spread by hematogenous/lymph systems to other organs, including the eye.The incidence of ocular TB is 1-2% of extra-pulmonary cases. The authors present a case of a 28 years old female patient seeking medical care due to reduction of visual acuity in the left eye for 8 days. She had the best corrected visual acuity in the affected eye of 20/200, […]

We describe a case of bilateral irreversible visual loss of a 64 year-old patient after prolonged use of paclitaxel. Patient presented best corrected visual acuity of 20/400 in both eyes at first visit and optical coherence tomography showed increased macular in both eyes.After six months of the interruption of -paclitaxel therapy, the patient showed slight improvement of visual acuity reaching 20/200 in both eyes, while OCT demonstrated resolution of macular edema.

Glaucoma is a group of progressive optic neuropathies that have in common a slow progressive degeneration of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, resulting in a distinct appearance of the optic disc and a concomitant pattern of visual loss. Biomarkers are characteristics objectively measured and evaluated as indication of normal biologic processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention. Several biological markers have been implicated with glaucoma, especially genetics, proteomics, autoimmune and other molecular biomarkers, although, most awaits […]

O glaucoma compreende um grupo de neuropatias ópticas progressivas que tem em comum a degeneração lenta e progressiva das células ganglionares e seus axônios, resultando em aparência única do disco óptico e, simultaneamente, um padrão correspondente de perda visual. Biomarcadores são características medidas objetivamente e avaliadas como indicadores de processo biológico normal, processos patológicos ou respostas farmacológicas à uma intervenção terapêutica. Vários marcadores biológicos foram associados com glaucoma, especialmente os genéticos, proteômicos, autoimunes e outros biomarcadores moleculares, embora a maioria […]

Objective To outline an epidemiological profile of patients with congenital glaucoma treated in the ophthalmology service, as well as the evolution of these patients with the treatment adopted. Methods A longitudinal, retrospective, descriptive study was undertaken in order to evaluate 32 patients with congenital glaucoma treated in the clinic, from the first consultation in which they entered the service and who attended the clinic at least two times in the period from march 1st, 2009 to february 1st, 2011. Results […]

Purpose To study endophthalmitis prevalence in an university hospital, assessing its epidemiological characteristics, symptoms onset, treatment and clinical outcome. Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients diagnosed with endophthalmitis, from january 2009 to june 2011, identifying patient epidemiological characteristics, endophthalmitis cause, onset of symptoms time, previous treatment, hospital stay, treatment, culture results, clinical outcome and final visual acuity. Results Sixty-eight patients, 44 women and 24 men, with a mean age of 56,99 years, were evaluated. Most were referred from […]

Objective Compare visual acuity (VA) of patients after cataract surgery with and without intraoperative complications regarding possible factors that contributed to the outcome on postoperative follow-up. Methods Longitudinal, retrospective study that evaluated 179 medical records of patients who underwent cataract surgery under the technique Phacoemulsification (PHACO) in the Suel Abujamra Institute from february to july 2013. Patients were divided into two groups concerning presence or absence of intraoperative complications. Data were analyzed using t-test methods for two samples or (ANOVA) […]