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Purpose@#We report the process of treating persistent corneal epithelial defects due to limbal deficiency in a patient who underwent surgery for ptosis, recurrent pterygium, and senile cataract for 3 weeks.Case summary: A 65‐year‐old male patient underwent cataract surgery 4 months ago and visited this hospital with persistent inflammation of the left cornea that started 2 months ago. The patient underwent blepharoplasty and pterygium surgery at the same time 3 weeks before cataract surgery. At the first visit, severe conjunctival injection and an oval‐shaped corneal epithelial defect with a size of 3 × 5 mm in the center of the cornea were seen. As the result of the eyelid eversion test, fibrotic scar tissue due to the non‐absorbable suture used during the upper eyelid blepharoplasty was observed and surgically removed. The corneal epithelial defect site became smaller, but the atrophy of the corneal stroma was sustained, and the amniotic membrane was tripled and permanent amniotic membrane transplantation was performed. Corneal epithelial defects have improved with postoperative best‐corrected visual acuity of 0.15. @*Conclusions@#Sufficient recovery period between serial multiple surgeries is required to reduce the occurrence of complications like persistent epithelial defects.
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Purpose@#We report a case of visual loss caused by occlusion of multiple branches of the ophthalmic artery after triamcinolone injection into the nasal septum.Case summary: A 62-year-old male was referred to our ophthalmology clinic because of marked loss of vision in the right eye immediately after triamcinolone injection into the nasal septum. His corrected visual acuity was hand motion in the right eye and the intraocular pressure was 20 mmHg. His pupil was mid-dilated, fixed, and did not respond to light. Fundus examination revealed multiple, white steroidal emboli in the terminal retinal artery and capillaries. Fundus photography revealed macular edema, ischemic retinal whitening, and a cherry-red spot in the posterior pole of the retina. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed inner-layer whitening and swelling and OCT-angiography revealed reduced numbers of terminal capillaries and a low vascular density. Anterior chamber paracentesis and ocular massage were immediately performed. Wide fluorescein angiography revealed diffuse choroidal hypofluorescence in the early phase and fluorescein leakage around the posterior pole in the late phase. Visual acuity improved to 1.0, but retinal whitening was still evident below the macula on fundus examination 3 months after symptom onset. @*Conclusions@#Multiple branches of the ophthalmic artery may become occluded after an intranasal, septal triamcinolone injection. The condition improves with immediate management.
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Purpose@#To report the clinical features of patients with opacification of hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) after cataract surgery in neovascular glaucoma. @*Methods@#This retrospective case series included 11 eyes of 10 patients with IOL opacification and neovascular glaucoma (NVG) between January 2006 and December 2010. We included and analyzed cases with opacification of hydrophilic acrylic IOL. An IOL exchange was performed in three cases, and the explanted IOLs were examined grossly and evaluated by light microscopy. Sagittal sections of the optics of the IOLs were evaluated by Von Kossa staining, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). @*Results@#All 11 eyes of 10 patients were implanted with hydrophilic acrylic IOLs. In addition, there were no cases of hydrophobic acrylic IOL opacification. Nine patients of the 10 patients had diabetic retinopathy and one patient had central retinal artery occlusion. The mean period of IOL opacification after IOL implantation was 19.45 ± 8.52 months and the mean period of IOL opacification after the occurrence of NVG was 14.37 ± 8.51 months. The deposits of the explanted IOLs were shown to consist of calcium by von Kossa staining. The explanted IOLs showed fine whitish irregular granular deposits on the entire anterior surface of the optics by SEM and the presence of calcium deposition was confirmed by EDX analysis. @*Conclusions@#Care is required when using hydrophilic acrylic IOLs in patients with risk of neovascular glaucoma, such as those with diabetic retinopathy or central retinal artery occlusion.
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Purpose@#To investigate the tomographic structural changes in the retinal layers after internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM). @*Methods@#Sixty-nine eyes treated with vitrectomy and ILM peeling for idiopathic ERM were analyzed. Parafoveal retinal thickness was measured at baseline and 6 months after surgery. @*Results@#Total retinal thickness decreased significantly in the nasal and temporal subfields after surgery (p < 0.001), whereas the inner nuclear layer and outer nuclear layer showed nasal thickening (all, p < 0.001). The postoperative temporalasal subfield thickness ratio of each layer was significantly lower than that of fellow eyes. Eyes with larger ILM peeling showed a significantly lower temporalasal subfield thickness ratio (p = 0.033) than those with smaller sizes. @*Conclusions@#The retinal thickness of each layer showed anatomical changes from ILM peeling and ERM removal. Nasal parafoveal thickening and temporal thinning occurred in the inner retinal architecture, which might be affected by ILM peeling size.
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Purpose@#We report a rare case of injected silicone oil migration into the upper eyelid, accompanied by lipogranulomatous inflammation and ptosis, after vitrectomy using a silicone oil tamponade.Case summary: An 83-year-old female presented to our clinic with left upper eyelid swelling and ptosis 2 months in duration. Five months prior, she had undergone 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy combined with Ahmed valve implantation to treat neovascular glaucoma. Four months prior, only about half the original volume of intraocular silicone oil remained, and a second oil injection was thus administered after removal of the remaining original oil. We found a mass in front of the left orbital septum; this was associated with gradual progression of the left upper eyelid swelling and ptosis. We resected the mass via a left upper eyelid skin incision 2 months after presentation. Histological examination of the excised tissue revealed necrotic fat consistent with lipogranulomatous inflammation. One week after excision, the ptosis disappeared. At the 4-month follow-up, the left upper eyelid was normal with no sign of recurrence. @*Conclusions@#To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in South Korea of lipogranulomatous inflammation and ptosis induced by migration of injected silicone oil into the upper eyelid. Clinicians should be aware that swelling of the upper eyelid and a substantial decrease in the silicone oil level in the vitreous cavity, reflecting silicone oil leakage, maybe one of complications of vitrectomy.
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Purpose@#We report a rare case of injected silicone oil migration into the upper eyelid, accompanied by lipogranulomatous inflammation and ptosis, after vitrectomy using a silicone oil tamponade.Case summary: An 83-year-old female presented to our clinic with left upper eyelid swelling and ptosis 2 months in duration. Five months prior, she had undergone 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy combined with Ahmed valve implantation to treat neovascular glaucoma. Four months prior, only about half the original volume of intraocular silicone oil remained, and a second oil injection was thus administered after removal of the remaining original oil. We found a mass in front of the left orbital septum; this was associated with gradual progression of the left upper eyelid swelling and ptosis. We resected the mass via a left upper eyelid skin incision 2 months after presentation. Histological examination of the excised tissue revealed necrotic fat consistent with lipogranulomatous inflammation. One week after excision, the ptosis disappeared. At the 4-month follow-up, the left upper eyelid was normal with no sign of recurrence. @*Conclusions@#To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in South Korea of lipogranulomatous inflammation and ptosis induced by migration of injected silicone oil into the upper eyelid. Clinicians should be aware that swelling of the upper eyelid and a substantial decrease in the silicone oil level in the vitreous cavity, reflecting silicone oil leakage, maybe one of complications of vitrectomy.
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Objective To analyse the retrobulbar haemodynamic changes after vitrectomy in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Methods Color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) was used for measurement of blood flow velocities including peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EVD) and resistive indexes (RI) of the ophthalmic artery (OA), posterior ciliary arteries (sPCA) and central retinal artery (CRA) in 50 eyes of 50 patients with RRD. In them 22 eyes were filled with silicone oil, 28 eyes were filled with 12%C3F8 and 22 eyes were operated to remove silicone oil after filled with silicone oil for 2-4 months, and then CDFI parameters were obtained. The contralateral eyes were used as control eyes before and after the operation. Results There were no significant differences in CRA and sPCA, and PSV, EDV and RI before treatment between RD and OA eyes and control eyes (P>0.05). PSV and EVD of CRA were significantly increased 3 months after surgery, RI were decreased significantly (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in blood flow parameters of OA and sPCA before and after surgeries (P>0.05). No changes were found in control eyes 3 months after surgery. Conclusion VRS might increase the velocity of CRA, decrease RI and improve ocular blood supply postoperatively.
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Objective To analyse the retrobulbar haemodynamic changes after vitrectomy in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Methods Color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) was used for measurement of blood flow velocities including peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EVD) and resistive indexes (RI) of the ophthalmic artery (OA), posterior ciliary arteries (sPCA) and central retinal artery (CRA) in 50 eyes of 50 patients with RRD. In them 22 eyes were filled with silicone oil, 28 eyes were filled with 12%C3F8 and 22 eyes were operated to remove silicone oil after filled with silicone oil for 2-4 months, and then CDFI parameters were obtained. The contralateral eyes were used as control eyes before and after the operation. Results There were no significant differences in CRA and sPCA, and PSV, EDV and RI before treatment between RD and OA eyes and control eyes (P>0.05). PSV and EVD of CRA were significantly increased 3 months after surgery, RI were decreased significantly (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in blood flow parameters of OA and sPCA before and after surgeries (P>0.05). No changes were found in control eyes 3 months after surgery. Conclusion VRS might increase the velocity of CRA, decrease RI and improve ocular blood supply postoperatively.