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A Boy with a Growing Mass in the Anterior Chamber
Leuzinger-Dias, Mariana; Fernandes, Vítor; Freitas-da-Costa, PauloAn 18-year-old boy presented to our emergency department with a 1-month history of a painful left eye, photophobia, and progressive blurring of vision. His past ocular history included a penetrating left globe injury, surgically repaired 1 year before. Biomicroscopy revealed a scar in the inferior cornea and a huge epithelial iris cyst, reaching the visual axis (Panel A). BCVA of the left eye was 20/320, and in...
Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Pereira, Joana; Freitas-da-Costa, Paulo; Figueira, LuísINTRODUCTION : Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome is a rare disease characterized by the occurrence of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis, in the absence of other explain- able systemic disease. In this review we aim to appraise and to clarify what is acknowledged in order to elucidate the demographics, genetic predisposition, most frequent symptoms and laboratory findings, most adequate tr...
Long-Term Effect of Anti-Vegf Agents on Intraocular Pressure in Age-Related Mac...
Beato, João; Pedrosa, Ana Catarina; Pinheiro-Costa, João; Freitas-da-Costa, Paulo; Falcão, Manuel; Melo, António; Carneiro, Ângela; Falcão Reis, F.Aim: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents on the development of sustained ocular hypertension (OHT) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods: A retrospective study of patients with neo- vascular AMD who received unilateral intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment was performed. Fellow non-injected eyes were used as controls...