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Ocular Findings (ocular + finding)
Selected AbstractsOcular findings among young men: a 12-year prevalence study of military service in PolandACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, Issue 5 2010Michal S. Nowak Abstract. Purpose:, To determine the prevalence of ocular diseases among young men and to assess the main ocular causes reflecting discharge from military service in Poland. Methods:, A retrospective review of the medical records of 105 017 men undergoing a preliminary examination for military service during the period 1993,2004. Sample size for the study was calculated with 99% confidence within an error margin of 5%. All of the study participants were White men of European origin, most of whom live or lived in Poland. Data regarding the vision status were assessed in 1938 eyes of 969 participants. Two groups were distinguished based on the age of the participants: group I aged 18,24 years, and group II aged 25,34 years. Results:, Presented visual impairment [visual acuity (VA) < 20/40)] followed by colour vision defects were the most common ocular disorders, accounting for 13.2%. There were statistically significant differences in uncorrected VA as well as in the rates of particular refractive errors in between the age groups (p < 0.05). The prevalence of glaucoma and ocular hypertension was significantly higher in older participants. Six hundred and sixty-seven (68.8%) participants examined medically in the study period were accepted for military service. However, 302 (31.2%) failed their examination and were temporarily or permanently discharged from duty. Fifty-two of them (17.2%) were discharged because of various ocular disorders. The most common causes were high refractive errors, which accounted for 38.5% of all the ocular discharges, followed by chronic and recurrent diseases of the posterior segment of the eye, which accounted for 19.2%. Conclusion:, The prevalence of ocular disorders among young men in an unselected military population was closer to the results obtained in other population-based studies comprising both men and women in the same age group. High refractive errors followed by chronic and recurrent diseases of the posterior segment of the eye are important causes of medical discharges from military service in Poland. [source] Vitiligo and ocular findings: a study on possible associationsJOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY & VENEREOLOGY, Issue 7 2006E Bulbul Baskan Abstract Objective, In this study, we aimed to evaluate the ocular findings in vitiligo patients and reveal any clinical feature that might suggest an association or a risk factor. Background, Very few reports in the literature are available about the ocular findings in vitiligo and the possible associations of the ocular findings in vitiligo patients have not been studied so far. Methods, A total of 45 patients with previously documented cutaneous vitiligo were examined for ocular findings. Demographic features including age, gender, duration of vitiligo, presence of associated autoimmune diseases, type of vitiligo and the anatomical distributions of vitiligo were recorded to evaluate a possible relationship with the ocular findings. Univariate and multivariate analyses as well as cluster analysis were performed. After description of the clusters, the Mann,Whitney U -test and Fisher's exact test were used to determine the variables. Concordance among the variables in each group was evaluated with the McNemar test. Results, Ten patients had ocular findings that included anterior segment (iris) involvement, ring-like peripapillary atrophy around the optic nerve, atrophy of pigment epithelium, focal hypopigmented spots and diffuse hypopigmentation. The presence of periorbital vitiligo was significantly related to the ocular findings. Cluster analysis revealed concordances between periorbital and genitalial localizations of vitiligo and ocular findings. Conclusion, The number of patients and the range of ocular findings in our study are insufficient to make definite conclusions but anatomical localizations, primarily periorbital and to a lesser extent genitalial vitiligo, seem to be the most probably alerting features for ocular findings. [source] Neurofibromatosis type 2 in an infant with multiple plexiform schwannomas as first symptomTHE JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 1 2007Takehiko MIYAKAWA ABSTRACT Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is caused by inactivating mutations or a loss of both alleles in the NF2 tumor-suppressor gene. Bilateral vestibular schwannomas are considered to be the hallmark of this disease, with hearing loss and tinnitus which are caused by these tumors, usually presenting as the initial symptoms. In addition to other tumors and ocular findings, skin abnormalities also occur in NF2, however, they are not so characteristic as neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). We herein report a case of NF2 which occurred in a 5-year-old boy. He had multiple cutaneous tumors but did not have any symptoms related to vestibular schwannomas. He also had multiple depigmented spots. A histopathological examination revealed these tumors to be plexiform schwannomas; we therefore suspected NF2. As a result of magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium enhancement, bilateral vestibular schwannomas were detected and a final diagnosis of NF2 was thus made. The association between NF2 and multiple depigmented spots is unknown, we therefore consider that multiple cutaneous plexiform schwannomas may strongly suggest an association with NF2. [source] Predictable signs of benign course of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: based upon the long-term observation of non-treated eyesACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, Issue 4 2010Akiko Okubo Abstract. Purpose:, To find predictable signs of benign polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods:, Medical records of 13 eyes from 12 patients who were followed up for 5 years or longer without treatment among 258 consecutive patients with PCV were reviewed retrospectively. The main outcomes measured were best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and fundus findings during the follow-up period. Results:, The average age at presentation was 68 years, and the average follow-up period after diagnosis was 80 months (range, 62,119 months). The initial mean logarithmic value of the minimal angle of resolution (logMAR) BCVA was 0.28 ± 0.26, and the final mean logMAR BCVA was 0.62 ± 0.72. The difference in the logMAR BCVA values between the two points was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). The trend of change from baseline at 2-year follow-up was consistent with those at 5-year follow-up in nine eyes. Fundus findings at the initial examination were classified into two patterns: (i) reddish-orange nodules and detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium with/without detachment of the neurosensory retina (nine eyes); (ii) reddish-orange nodules alone, or nodules and small subretinal haemorrhage (four eyes). In the eyes with the first pattern, clinical course and visual prognosis were variable. An absence of hard exudates could be a sign to maintain a benign clinical course or stable vision with this pattern. The eyes with the second pattern took a benign clinical course with stable vision. Conclusions:, There is certainly a group of PCV eyes with a benign prognosis. Considering the huge cost and risk of current therapies, the initial ocular findings could be deciding factors that determine the necessity for further treatment. [source] Incidence and clinical characteristics of symptomatic choroidal metastasis from lung cancerACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, Issue 5 2008Klaus-Martin Kreusel Abstract. Purpose:, To determine the clinical characteristics of symptomatic choroidal metastasis (CM) resulting from metastatic lung cancer. Methods:, Twenty-two consecutive patients with symptomatic CM resulting from lung cancer were retrospectively reviewed for ocular findings, medical history and systemic disease. All patients underwent a complete screening for further organ metastasis by computed tomography (CT) and bone scintigraphy. Annual frequency of CM was determined and compared with the incidence predicted from ocular screening studies. Results:, In eight of 22 (36%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 17,59) patients, lung cancer had been diagnosed before occurrence of CM, with a median interval of 13 months. In 14 patients lung cancer was detected after diagnosis of CM, with a median interval of 1 month. Choroidal metastasis was unilateral, solitary and located close to or at the posterior pole in the majority of patients. Further organ metastasis with a median number of three affected organ systems was present in 19 (86%; 95% CI 65,97) patients. Median survival after diagnosis of symptomatic CM was 13 months, by contrast with 2 months in lung cancer patients with CM identified in an ocular screening study. The mean number of patients in Berlin diagnosed with symptomatic CM was 1.4 per year, which was two orders of magnitude less than predicted from screening studies. Conclusions:, Symptomatic choroidal lung cancer metastasis in the majority of patients presents as a solitary tumour before diagnosis of lung cancer in patients with multiple organ systems affected by metastatic disease. Contrary to predictions from ocular screening studies, it is a rare clinical entity. [source] Visually impaired children with posterior ocular malformations: pre- and neonatal data and visual functionsACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, Issue 4 2003Kristina Teär Fahnehjelm Abstract. Aim:, To analyse pre- and neonatal data and ocular findings in children with visual impairment caused by posterior ocular malformations. Methods:, Medical records were scrutinized, dried blood spot cards were analysed for virus DNA and ophthalmological assessments were performed in 28 children with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) and 10 with optic/chorio-retinal coloboma. Results:, Prenatal exposure to possible teratogens was documented in 5/28, herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA was identified in the dried blood spot cards of 1/26 children and neonatal hypoglycaemia in 12/28 children with ONH. The time delay from ocular to endocrinological diagnosis and treatment was 3 years. Children with ONH and severe visual impairment had endocrinopathy more often (11/13) than ONH children with better visual functions (5/15). Prenatal exposure to teratogens or neonatal hypoglycaemia was not identified in any of the children with coloboma. Conclusion:, Neonatal hypoglycaemia was common in children with ONH. Severe visual impairment predicted endocrinopathy. Analysis of dried blood spot cards could serve as an additional diagnostic tool in children with ocular malformations. [source] | ||||||||||