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Ophthalmomyiasis is a rare condition. Here two such patients, one of 70-year-old male farmer with history of neglected trauma presented with painful swelling with sinus of right orbit and the second one of 65-year-old female destitute who presented with fungating mass near the medial canthus of left eye with pain and bleeding are reported. All the maggots were removed after applying ether.
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Idoso , Animais , Infecções Oculares Parasitárias/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Larva/parasitologia , Masculino , Miíase/diagnósticoRESUMO
Diabetes is a worldwide medical problem and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. It has considerable impact on both the patient and the society because it typically affects individuals in their most productive years. It is also one of the leading causes of blindness and visual impairment. A person with diabetes has 25 times the risk of blindness compared to a non-diabetic. This article reviews the variety of ways in which the eye and its adnexa can be involved in diabetes mellitus.
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Complicações do Diabetes/patologia , Retinopatia Diabética/patologia , Oftalmopatias/patologia , HumanosRESUMO
Glaucoma is the second largest blinding disorder, after cataract, affecting about 67 million people worldwide. In India about 1.5 million people are blind due to glaucoma. Primary open angle glaucoma is the major sub-type of glaucoma affecting all ages and is genetically complex. Myocilin and optineurin are two different genes that have been implicated for primary open angle glaucoma. This review is focused on the studies being conducted in India on primary open angle glaucoma to identify the molecular defects and new directions undertaken using bioinformatic approaches towards a better understanding of the disease.
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Cegueira/etiologia , Cromossomos Humanos Par 10/genética , Biologia Computacional , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Proteínas do Olho/genética , Glaucoma de Ângulo Aberto/classificação , Glicoproteínas/genética , Humanos , Índia , Fator de Transcrição TFIIIA/genética , Transtornos da Visão/etiologiaRESUMO
The case of a 40-year-old female patient with choroidal melanoma with secondary glaucoma presenting as a painful blind right eye is reported. Liver metastasis was detected by ultrasonography. The choroidal tumor measured 2 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm; histopathology showed that it was of the spindle cell (spindle A) variety. Such tumors are rare in non-white races and secondary glaucoma is an uncommon presentation.
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Adulto , Neoplasias da Coroide/complicações , Feminino , Glaucoma/etiologia , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/secundário , Melanoma/complicações , NepalRESUMO
Rhinosporidiosis is endemic in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of East Africa and South America; sporadic cases are reported in other countries. We report on five patients from eastern Nepal with oculosporidiosis. The conjunctiva was involved in two patients and the lacrimal sac was involved in three patients; treatment was by simple total excision of the conjunctivalgrowth (patients with conjunctival involvement) and by dacryocystectomy (patients with lacrimal sac involvement). This is the second case report from Nepal.