ABSTRACT
To evaluate the clinical usefulness of new handheld air impulse tonometer(Pulsair, Keeler), the intraocular pressures of 147 eyes of 80 men and women at the age range of 9 to 82 year without corneal opacity or corneal edema were measured with the Goldmann applanation tonometer as well as noncontact air impulse tonometer. The IOPs measured with both tonometer were compared to evaluate the correlation coefficiency. The correlation coefficiency between two instruments is 0.89. Therefore, the new type of noncontact tonometer could be useful for clinical applications due to its accuracy, simplicity, painlessness, portability, and repeatability-especially at glaucoma screening programs.
Subject(s)
Female , Humans , Male , Corneal Edema , Corneal Opacity , Glaucoma , Intraocular Pressure , Mass ScreeningABSTRACT
We have experienced a case of malignant melanoma of choroid in 60-year-old female who had decreased visual acuity in her right eye for 4 months. She was examined with slit-lamp, direct and indirect ophthalmoscope, ultrasonography, fluor escein angiography, computerized tomography, and then diagnosed as malignant melanoma of choroid. So enucleation was performed and the tumor was confirmed to be a choroidal malignant melanoma composed of spindle cells and epithelioid cells by light microscope.
Subject(s)
Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Angiography , Choroid , Epithelioid Cells , Melanoma , Ophthalmoscopes , Ultrasonography , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
We have experienced a case of malignant melanoma of choroid in 60-year-old female who had decreased visual acuity in her right eye for 4 months. She was examined with slit-lamp, direct and indirect ophthalmoscope, ultrasonography, fluor escein angiography, computerized tomography, and then diagnosed as malignant melanoma of choroid. So enucleation was performed and the tumor was confirmed to be a choroidal malignant melanoma composed of spindle cells and epithelioid cells by light microscope.