OBJETIVO: Compreender o comportamento dos asteroides hialoides, sua repercussão funcional em relação aos fatores epidemiológicos,de modo retrospectivo e observacional de casos clínicos. MÉTODOS: Cinquenta e oito doentes com diagnóstico de asteroides hialoides (24 mulheres e 34 homens) foram estudados. Todos os doentes foram submetidos a exame oftalmológico completo. RESULTADOS: Observamos uma associação estatística entre a presença de asteroides hialoides e o sexo masculino (p=0,042). Verificamos um aumento de prevalência desta patologia com o aumento da idade sendo o risco relativo […]

OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic-epidemiological profile and indications of keratoplasty at the University Hospital Santa Terezinha of Joaçaba (SC) from october 2006 to april 2011. METHODS: The records were obtained from the files of the Eye Center Belloto Stock of Joaçaba (SC), where the patients were accompanied before and after keratoplasty. The data analyzed were city of origin, age, gender, ethnicity and indication of keratoplasty. RESULTS: The medical records of 85 patients were analyzed, who underwent 100 keratoplasties. As to […]

PURPOSE: Evaluate the results and complications from type A botulinum toxin for strabismus treatment. METHODS: Type A botulinum toxin (Prosigne®) was used in 20 patients from Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC) ophthalmology ambulatory from 2006 to 2009, for esotropia treatment. The application was performed in 15 children with esotropia smaller than 50 prism diopter (PD) in both medial rectus muscles, and in 5 adults with esotropia due to VI nerve paralysis or paresis, only in the opposite muscle. The […]

OBJETIVO: Investigar os níveis de óxido nítrico na câmara anterior de olhos submetidos à vitrectomia via pars plana (VPP) com óleo de silicone. MÉTODOS: Foram selecionados pacientes que se submeteram à VPP com injeção de óleo de silicone, de fevereiro de 2005 a agosto de 2007. Nove pacientes (nove olhos) participaram do estudo (cinco mulheres e quatro homens). Durante o procedimento de remoção do óleo de silicone, foi coletado uma amostra de humor aquoso para quantificar a concentração de óxido […]

PURPOSE: To investigate the nitric oxide levels in the anterior chamber of eyes who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil. METHODS: Patients who underwent PPV with silicon oil injection, from february 2005 to august 2007, were selected. Nine patients (nine eyes) participated in the study (five women and four men). Nitric oxide concentration was quantified after the aspiration of aqueous humor samples during the procedure of silicon oil removal. Data such as: oil emulsification; presence of oil in […]

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the cost of the use of lubricant eye drops, which are more used in the national market and contain in its formulation the same active ingredient – carboximeticelulose -, by considering their total number of drops in each flask. METHODS: An experimental study was accomplished by using three flasks of each one of the following eye drops: Lacrifilm®(eye drop 1) and Fresh Tears®(eye drop 2). To the analysis of their cost, […]

The optic neuropathy of Kjer, or dominant optic atrophy, is the most common among optic neuropathies. iI is an optical atrophy of dominant autosomal character that is caused by an alteration in the gene on chromosome 3q28 with OPA1 penetration of 98% Only 15% of cases have visual acuity of 0.1 or worse, while demonstrating different grades of atrophy of the disc. This report aims to describe the genetic and clinical characteristics, and methods of family counseling through the presentation […]

Tumors of the lacrimal gland are rare in clinical practice. Among all of them, the most common epithelial tumor is the lacrimal gland pleomorphic adenoma, which is a benign indolent tumor that usually affects adults in the third and fourth decades of life. We present an unusual case of lacrimal gland pleomorphic adenoma. Its management, radiological findings and outcomes are also described, along with a brief review of the literature.