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Ross PV, Koenig RJ, Arscott P, Ludgate M, Waier M, Nelson CC, Kaplan MM, Baker JR. Tissue specificity and serologic reactivity of an autoantigen associated with autoimmune thyroid disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1993; 77:433-8. [PMID: 8345048 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.77.2.8345048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A recent report has identified a new autoantigen called D1 that appears to be associated with Graves' ophthalmopathy and is expressed in the thyroid and eye muscle. To better characterize the tissue specificity and disease relevance of this antigen, we evaluated the expression of D1 RNA in various human tissues using a reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay. These studies indicate a wide tissue distribution of the messenger RNA for this antigen, including the thyroid, eye muscle, parathyroid, spleen, skeletal muscle, and uterus. There were variations in the relative amounts of specific message for D1 in the different tissues, with the uterus, thyroid, and eye muscle having the greatest amount of product per microgram of total RNA. A maltose binding protein-D1 fusion protein was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and used to assess serologic reactivity to D1 by Western blot. Autoantibodies to this antigen were noted in 19 of 24 (78%) of Hashimoto's disease patients, 26 of 41 (63%) of Graves' disease patients, and in 9 of 17 (53%) of normal controls. Sixty percent of Graves' disease patients with clinical ophthalmopathy had antibodies to D1, as did 63% of Graves' patients without signs or symptoms of clinical ophthalmopathy. There was no correlation between reactivity to D1 and either clinical measures of hyperthyroidism or antibody titers to thyroid peroxidase or thyroglobulin. The presence of autoantibodies to this antigen in patients with Hashimoto's disease, in Graves' disease patients without ophthalmopathy and in normal controls indicate that serologic recognition of this antigen is not restricted to patients with ophthalmopathy. In addition, the expression of messenger RNA for this antigen in multiple types of cells questions the tissue specificity of this autoantigen.
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- P V Ross
- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0666
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Nelson CC. AIDS prevention programs in a smaller community. Can J Public Health 1993; 84 Suppl 1:S39-41. [PMID: 8481867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This paper discusses the development and implementation of an AIDS prevention program in a non-urban area. A non-urban area provides challenges, issues and barriers not found in a large urban area. Characteristics of smaller centre residents, their attitudes and values will shape their response to HIV/AIDS issues. To facilitate HIV service delivery and program implementation, a variety of strategies to facilitate "ownership" are required to create a supportive, caring environment for families affected or infected by AIDS within small community settings.
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Posttraumatic tension orbitus developed in a young man causing subconjunctival emphysema and proptosis. Intraocular pressures were monitored as a means of indirectly measuring intraorbital pressure. The patient was serially examined for evidence of compressive optic neuropathy. Because of the possibility of orbital pressure increasing several hours from the time of injury, we recommend monitoring of these patients through intraocular pressure measurement and evaluation of the optic nerve for evidence of compression. Our findings, however, do support previous documentation that the intraocular pressure rise following orbital trauma with orbital emphysema is usually not of sufficient severity or duration to result in visual compromise.
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- M J Cartwright
- W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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Concurrent orbital pseudotumor and Crohn's disease, although rare, have been described. To the best of our knowledge, pseudotumor isolated to the lacrimal gland (dacryoadenitis) with concurrent Crohn's disease has never been reported. We present the clinical course and ultrasonographic and radiologic findings of an acute case of isolated bilateral lacrimal gland pseudotumor in a patient with Crohn's disease. The treatment and review of the literature are discussed.
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- S Dutt
- W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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A myriad of imaging modalities now exists to aid in the diagnosis of orbital disease. Most of the recent advances in orbital diagnosis are based on refinements of established techniques, although several represent the application of new technology. Invasive techniques, such as orbital arteriography and venography, have been supplanted with computed tomography, which has become the mainstay of orbital diagnosis. The use of magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of orbital pathology has also increased. Color Doppler, a recent development in ultrasonography, has now been applied to the eye and orbit.
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- C C Nelson
- University of Michigan, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor
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Nelson CC, Foltz RL. Chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods for determination of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and metabolites in body fluids. J Chromatogr 1992; 580:97-109. [PMID: 1400834 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(92)80530-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Continued illicit use of the potent psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has stimulated efforts to develop effective analytical methods for detection of the drug and its metabolites in body fluids from suspected LSD users. Recently reported methods based on gas and liquid chromatography, combined with single- and multiple-stage mass spectral analysis, now permit accurate detection and quantitation of LSD at sub-nanogram/milliliter concentrations.
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- C C Nelson
- Northwest Toxicology, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84124-9906
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Nelson CC, Foltz RL. Determination of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), iso-LSD, and N-demethyl-LSD in body fluids by gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 1992; 64:1578-85. [PMID: 1503225 DOI: 10.1021/ac00038a014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Procedures for detection and quantitation of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), iso-LSD, and N-demethyl-LSD by capillary chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS/MS) are presented. Several methods for derivatization, sample introduction, and ionization, in combination with mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (MS/MS), have been evaluated for overall ionization efficiency and product-ion sensitivity and specificity. Fragmentation pathways derived from low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra of protonated LSD, and the protonated trimethylsllyl derivatives of LSD (LSD-TMS) and deuterium-labeled analogs of LSD, have been proposed. Principal dissociations primarily involve the amide and piperidine-ring moieties in which losses of CH3 radical, CH3NH2, CH3NCH2, diethylamine, diethylformamide, and N,N-diethylpropenamide from MH+ are observed. Positive-ion ammonia chemical ionization and subsequent MS/MS analysis of the protonated molecules (MH+) of the trimethylsilyl (TMS) derivatives of LSD, iso-LSD, and N-demethyl-LSD provide a high degree of specificity for identification of these compounds in urine or blood at low-pg/mL concentrations. Negative-ion chemical ionization and GC/MS/MS analysis of the molecular anion (M-) of the trifluoroacetyl (TFA) derivative is well suited for trace-level identification of N-demethyl-LSD, a metabolite of LSD.
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- C C Nelson
- Northwest Toxicology, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 84124
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We present two cases of anterior extrascleral extension of malignant melanoma in eyes previously blind from other causes. In both cases, the tumor was not detected by the physician but rather by the patient himself (case 1) or his wife (case 2). In one case, the tumor became manifest more than 60 years after the eye became blind from trauma. Although blind eyes may harbor lethal tumors and, therefore, need regular examinations, this simple part of the physical examination frequently remains neglected by ophthalmologists as well as by primary care physicians. We wish to emphasize the potential life-saving importance of regular examinations of blind eyes.
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- C C Nelson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Ginsburg RN, Cartwright MJ, Murad SS, Nelson CC. Oculocardiac reflex in the anophthalmic socket. Ophthalmic Surg 1992; 23:135-7. [PMID: 1549292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The oculocardiac reflex occurred in a patient with an anophthalmic socket undergoing surgery for inferior fornix shortening and laxity of the lower lid. This reflex occurs only rarely in anophthalmia; it has not been previously reported during socket surgery.
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- R N Ginsburg
- University of Michigan, Department of Ophthalmology, Ann Arbor
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The management of eyelid trauma presents some frustrating challenges to the general ophthalmologist. Because each case is unique, adaptation of general principles is essential for optimal ophthalmic treatment. This review includes the essentials of approaches to the evaluation and treatment of eyelid margin and canalicular lacerations. Specific attention is directed towards avoidance of complications.
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- C C Nelson
- Department of Ophthalmology, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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A subset of the dry-eye patient group manifests their problem so severely that permanent punctal occlusion is required. The technique most often used today is thermal cautery. In this prospective study, an animal model was developed, and the effectiveness of the argon laser as a primary alternative therapy to thermal cautery was evaluated. Dogs were found to have a punctum similar in shape and location to humans; therefore, they were deemed to be a more appropriate animal model for punctal studies than cats. Both laser and thermal cautery are similarly effective in completely occluding puncta in animals. There was a trend toward greater stenosis with the laser in those puncta that were only partially occluded. In addition, laser punctal occlusion appeared to be less painful than thermal cautery.
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- C C Nelson
- University of Michigan Medical Center, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor 48105
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The cytopathology of a lipogranuloma of external origin is reported in the eyelid of a 32-year-old man excised 1 year following regional exposure to an explosion of hydraulic oil under high pressure. The foreign lipids were still present in chronic lipogranulomas with intercellular lipid-filled cysts surrounded by macrophages and giant cells containing intracellular lipid-filled vacuoles. These indicate efforts in storage and very slow digestion. Secondary fibrosis in the region of the lipogranuloma was an important associated process. In view of the widespread technical use of hydraulic oily fluids under high pressure, it is recommended that these fluids be biodegradable.
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- J R Wolter
- Department of Pathology, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Braithwaite AW, Blair GE, Nelson CC, McGovern J, Bellett AJ. Adenovirus E1b-58 kD antigen binds to p53 during infection of rodent cells: evidence for an N-terminal binding site on p53. Oncogene 1991; 6:781-7. [PMID: 1828873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We show using mild extraction procedures that the p53 proto-oncogene forms a complex with adenovirus 5 E1b-58 kD during infection. These complexes are detected as coimmunoprecipitates from radiolabeled extracts of adenovirus infected cells on SDS-PAGE. Furthermore, adenovirus mutants with defects in E1b-58 kD fail to form complexes, whereas mutants in other early region genes still show evidence of complex. Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies to mouse p53, we show that antibodies reacting with N-terminal epitopes on p53, displace E1b-58 kD. This result suggests that E1b-58 kD binds to an N-terminal region of mouse p53. In addition, in a transient transfection assay in monkey COS cells, we show that an N-terminal deletion mutant of mouse p53 does not bind to E1b-58 kD but wild-type mouse p53 does bind. This result again suggests that E1b-58 kD binds an N-terminal determinant on p53.
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- A W Braithwaite
- Division of Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
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Nelson CC, Blaivas M. Orbicularis oculi muscle in children. Histologic and histochemical characteristics. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991; 32:646-54. [PMID: 1848212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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This is the first study devoted to the histologic and histochemical characteristics of the orbicularis oculi muscle in children to the authors' knowledge. The orbicularis muscle was compared with extraocular, facial, and limb striated muscle. Light microscopy showed the orbicularis oculi muscle to be much smaller and more loosely packed than skeletal limb muscles. It further showed these muscle fibers to have greater variation in fiber size and shape and more endomysial and perimysial connective tissue. Finally, analysis of the histochemical reactions showed the orbicularis oculi had a higher percentage of fast-contracting fibers (Type II). This study establishes the histologic and histochemical standard characteristics for the orbicularis oculi muscle in children. It was found that orbicularis oculi muscles have some histologic and histochemical features in common with other facial muscles and other features in common with extraocular muscles.
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- C C Nelson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
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Braithwaite AW, Nelson CC, Bellett AJ. E1a revisited: the case for multiple cooperative trans-activation domains. New Biol 1991; 3:18-26. [PMID: 1828178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Products encoded in the E1a oncogene of adenoviruses are required to activate transcription of all viral early genes and some cellular genes. A current interpretation of experimental data supports the hypothesis that this "trans-activation" is mediated solely by a block of amino acids known as conserved domain 3, which is unique to the largest E1a protein, while the remaining E1a protein sequences contain discrete domains required for functions other than trans-activation. However, there is also considerable evidence inconsistent with this simple model of E1a structure and function. Both of the major E1a proteins appear to participate in trans-activation by three different types of interaction with cellular transcription factors and other regulatory proteins. In this review we attempt to rationalize the experimental data and provide a more integrated view of E1a structure and function.
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- A W Braithwaite
- Division of Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra ACT
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Nelson CC, Braithwaite AW, Silvestro M, Bellett AJ. E1a-dependent expression of adenovirus genes in OTF963 embryonal carcinoma cells: role of E1a-induced differentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:8041-5. [PMID: 2172973 PMCID: PMC54888 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.20.8041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Some undifferentiated F9 embryonal carcinoma cells allow adenovirus genes to be expressed independently of the E1a oncogene normally required for their activation; this has been attributed to a cellular equivalent of E1a in F9 cells. However, transcription of all early genes was low in undifferentiated OTF963 embryonic carcinoma cells during the first 48 hr after infection with adenovirus type 5 (Ad5). Transcription then increased to about the level seen 16 hr after infection of cells induced to differentiate by retinoic acid (RA) (referred to as RA-dF9 cells), but this increase did not occur in cells infected by the E1a deletion mutant dl312. Addition of E1a in trans, or of RA, had no immediate effect on viral transcription in OTF963 cells, but viral transcription increased about 48 hr after these additions. Ad5 induced transcription of several differentiation-specific genes in OTF963 cells with about the same kinetics as their induction by RA. These genes were superinduced in RA-dF9 cells by cAMP or infection by adenovirus. We suggest the small amount of E1a produced early in infection of OTF963 cells activates cellular genes, some of which are differentiation specific and required for efficient transcription of viral genes, so that E1a both induces and is induced by differentiation. The simple hypothesis of a cellular equivalent to E1a does not adequately explain the complex interactions between viral and cellular genes in OTF963 embryonic carcinoma cells.
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- C C Nelson
- Division of Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
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Nelson CC, Braithwaite AW, Silvestro M, Bellett AJ. Defective expression of adenovirus genes during early infection of undifferentiated OTF963 embryonal carcinoma cells. J Virol 1990; 64:4329-37. [PMID: 2143541 PMCID: PMC247900 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.64.9.4329-4337.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Adenovirus infection was compared in F9 (OTF963) cells and cells induced to differentiate with retinoic acid, in order to study expression of early genes under the control of the reported "E1a-like factor" in F9 cells. However, not only was transcription of the viral E1a gene defective in undifferentiated cells but expression of all the other early genes was found to be reduced in OTF963 cells in comparison to differentiated cells. The defect in early gene expression was detected at the level of transcriptional initiation during the first 48 h of infection and resulted in similarly low levels of viral cytoplasmic mRNA and viral protein synthesis. Viral DNA replication was delayed and reduced. After 48 h of infection, the defect in transcription in OTF963 cells of E1a and other early genes was relieved, so that by 72 h postinfection the level of transcription was similar to that 16 h after infection of differentiated cells. At no time did adenovirus early gene expression occur independently of viral E1a. These results suggest limits to the generality and explanatory power of the hypothesis that F9 embryonal carcinoma cells contain an E1a-like factor.
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- C C Nelson
- Division of Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
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We developed a patient eye shield consisting of a sandwich of polymethylmethacrylate and tinfoil to provide corneal and retinal protection from inadvertent injury during argon, neodymium:YAG, or dye laser treatment. The shield was tested with argon, dye, neodymium:YAG and CO2 lasers. This new eye shield is safe, comfortable, and easy to clean and use.
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- C C Nelson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
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We performed punctal occlusion by thermal cautery on 23 patients (45 sides, 90 puncta). One punctum on the right side was randomly assigned to deep cauterization of the punctum and vertical canaliculus, and the other punctum assigned to cauterization of the punctum only. The two treatments were assigned to the opposite puncta on the left side. One month after cauterization, the puncta that received deep cauterization were significantly more likely to have remained closed than those that received superficial cauterization (P less than .01). Survival analysis over a period of follow-up that exceeded one year after surgery, using time to examination because of a reopened punctum as the endpoint, indicated a long-term advantageous effect of deep over superficial cauterization.
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- M E Knapp
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor 48105
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Xeroderma pigmentosum is an autosomal recessive, precancerous dermatosis caused by defective repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA. Characterized clinically by progressive cutaneous pigmentary alterations and tumorigenesis, it serves as a model for ultraviolet carcinogenesis. We describe the clinical and histopathologic findings in a 31-year-old woman with xeroderma pigmentosum and a massive iris melanoma of the left eye. Histologic examination following enucleation revealed diffuse iris replacement by spindle and epithelioid cells with extension into the trabecular meshwork. Evidence of direct extraocular extension was absent, and a metastatic evaluation showed no abnormalities. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of xeroderma pigmentosum complicated by melanoma of the iris. It provides further evidence suggesting a role for sunlight exposure in the pathogenesis of uveal melanoma.
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- M W Johnson
- W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthamology, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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We randomly selected 26 patients with essential blepharospasm to receive either botulinum toxin or saline injection in their lower eyelids to evaluate the necessity of lower eyelid injection to relieve blepharospasm. As diplopia may occur from botulinum toxin injections for blepharospasm, most commonly from injection of the lower eyelid, and surgical relief of blepharospasm is often achieved by excision of only the upper eyelid protractors, omission of toxin from the lower eyelid seemed both desirable and possible. All patients received botulinum toxin in the upper eyelids, above the eyebrows, across the glabella, and near the lateral canthus. Thirteen of 15 patients who received saline in their lower eyelids had relief of spasm, with the same spasm-free interval as those who received toxin. We recommend avoiding injection of toxin in the medial two thirds of the lower eyelid in order to diminish the likelihood of diplopia from inferior oblique muscle paresis.
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- B R Frueh
- Department of Ophthalmology, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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Lindenmuth KA, Sugar A, Kincaid MC, Nelson CC, Comstock CP. Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva presenting as necrotizing scleritis with scleral perforation and uveal prolapse. Surv Ophthalmol 1988; 33:50-4. [PMID: 3051469 DOI: 10.1016/0039-6257(88)90072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A 64-year-old white man presented with necrotizing scleritis with scleral perforation and uveal prolapse. Pathologic examination revealed squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva invading adjacent corneal stroma and ciliary body. Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva is uncommon, and intraocular invasion has rarely been reported in the literature.
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- K A Lindenmuth
- W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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This is the first reported study on accurate computerized measurements of lacrimal punctal size in normal adults. There was a wide variation found between patients. The lower lid puncta were consistently noted to be larger than those of the upper lids. This is clinically significant in dry-eye patients who may need to be treated with punctal plugs of various sizes.
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- K D Carter
- Department of Ophthalmology, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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Nelson CC, Sullivan JH. Eyelid anaphylactic reaction to atracurium with general anesthesia. J Ocul Pharmacol 1986; 2:379-83. [PMID: 3503122 DOI: 10.1089/jop.1986.2.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Atracurium is a relatively new neuromuscular blocking anesthetic with known histamine release effects which has become popular in ophthalmic anesthesia. This report describes the IV use of Atracurium causing an anaphylactic reaction manifested by localized edema of all four eyelids, conjunctival chemosis and mild laryngeal edema requiring scheduled ptosis and strabismus surgery to be cancelled.
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- C C Nelson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Isono K, Uramoto M, Kusakabe H, Kimura K, Isaki K, Nelson CC, McCloskey JA. Liposidomycins: novel nucleoside antibiotics which inhibit bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1985; 38:1617-21. [PMID: 4077739 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.38.1617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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To determine the frequency of ocular metastases in the general population, we conducted a prospective histopathologic study of 716 eyes obtained from patients who had malignant neoplasms at the time of death. Fifty-two patients had ocular metastases; all of these individuals had widespread metastases that contributed to their deaths. The overall incidence of ocular metastases among all fatal cases of cancer was 9.3%. Thirty-three of the 117 patients with various types of leukemia and four of the 60 patients dying with lymphoma had ocular involvement. The total incidence of ocular metastases in patients dying of all types of carcinoma was 4.0%. In the nine patients dying of sarcoma, no ocular metastases were detected. We estimate that about 22,000 patients who will die of cancer in the United States during 1983 will have ocular metastases.
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Schmidt LJ, Nelson CC. The affective-cognitive attitude dimension of teachers of educable mentally retarded minors. Except Child 1969; 35:695-701. [PMID: 5786366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Watts CA, Nelson CC, McIntyre B. Special Education Exchange (SEE)--a solution to a problem. Except Child 1968; 34:753-754. [PMID: 5668275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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