Mr P T Khaw, Wound Healing Research Unit, Department of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, Bath Street, London EC1V9EL AIMS To establish a simple model of ...
A 79-year-old female presented with a 3-year history of trichiasis and red eyes (figure 1A). Multiple operations for entropion and trichiasis had been carried out previously, and a conjunctival biopsy ...
Autoimmune bullous diseases are often associated with significant morbidity and some can even cause mortality, if left untreated. Multiple therapies are now available to treat these blistering ...
The field of ophthalmic imaging has grown substantially over the last years. Massive improvements in image processing and computer hardware have allowed the emergence of multiple imaging techniques of ...
Important prognostic factors include the underlying pathophysiology of LSCD, degree and laterality of LSCD, extent of conjunctival involvement, tear film functions, anatomic and physiologic ...
Clinical parameters, including tear meniscus height, tear break up time (TBUT), conjunctival hyperemia, and Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) scores, were assessed and correlated with changes in the ...
Pathology is the precise study of the causes and consequences of a disease. The two major components of pathology are anatomical studies of structure and function at levels ranging from the whole ...
Lacrimation, conjunctival injection, nasal congestion ... and a head impulse test localising the pathology to the left. 90 MRI showed gadolinium enhancement in the left vestibulocochlear nerve (figure ...
as well as discharge. Veterinarians can evert the eyelids slightly to help visualize the conjunctiva lining of the patient's lids and 2 punctas. This moment can also be used to test the blink reflex ...
On examination he was unwell, lethargic and pale with conjunctival redness. He was mildly dehydrated with dry mucosal membranes, and an elevated heart rate (128/min). There were no dysmorphic features ...