Introduction: Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a rare extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis (TB). Diagnosis is usually presumptive, based on local epidemiologic factors, ocular phenotype, and corroborating immunologic tests: tuberculin skin test (TST), interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) or both. The aim of this study was to characterize patients who were treated with antitubercular therapy (ATT) for OTB or latent ...
Kyrieleis plaques are a rare fundoscopic sign, in which multiple yellowish-white deposits are arranged in a beaded pattern along the branches of the central retinal artery. Their presence reflects severe intraocular inflammation, typically associated with infectious posterior uveitis. Here, we describe the case of a 58-year-old man who presented to our emergency department with a right red-eye, vision loss and ...
INTRODUÇÃO: O nosso objectivo foi avaliar comparativamente a previsão de fórmulas de terceira e nova geração (Barrett Universal II, Kane e Hill-RBF 3.0) no cálculo de lentes intraocula- res (LIO) com e sem o uso de um novo ajuste de comprimento axial (CA) na previsão dos resulta- dos refrativos de olhos com baixo CA. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo que inclui olhos com CA inferior a 22,0 mm submetidos a ...
Introduction: To date several genetic variants are known to play an important role in age-related macular degeneration(AMD). Variations in the genetic pool of different populations impact the disease prevalence, incidence and risk of progression. This report aims to determine the genetic contribution in the development of AMD in a Portuguese population from the Coimbra Eye Study (CES,NCT01298674,NCT02748824), a...
Macular atrophy (MA) is one of the late stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and leads to irreversible loss of visual function. During the past years, efforts have been made towards a more detailed comprehension of the characteristics of MA, and a panel of retina specialists has recently established a new classification system to describe atrophy in the context of neovascular AMD, by the CONAN group...
Introduction: This study reports type of visits realized during 2020 in Portugal, population habits, and eye complaints regarding visual health in the COVID-19 pandemic context. Material and Methods: An email invitation to an online cross-sectional survey and also performed to patients from ophthalmology clinics in Portugal from September/November 2020. Results: Eight hundred thirty three respondents (60% fema...
Myopia is a growing global health concern, with an increasing prevalence - in 2000 1.4 billion people were mypic and it is estimated that this number will reach 4.8 billion by 2050.1 It appears that both genetic predisposition and environmental factors exhibit an association with myopia, particularly the increased exposure to screens and near activities from an early age, the digital projection under brighter c...
INTRODUCTION : 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...
An 86-year-old woman with history of bilateral phacoemulsification (13 years prior), diabetic retinopathy sub- mitted to several treatments (pan-retinal photocoagulation, anti-VEGF intravitreal injections, and bilateral pars plana vitrectomy) and low visual acuity in the left eye (OS) due to retinal fibrosis, presented to the emergency ward with complaints of diminished visual acuity in her right eye (OD). On e...