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Marchese A, Filipello F, Cicinelli MV, Sanvito F, Pedica F, Bandello F, Modorati G, Miserocchi E. Acute and Chronic Manifestations of Sympathetic Ophthalmia on Multimodal Imaging. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2024; 32:1359-1367. [PMID: 37712945 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2023.2245048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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PURPOSE To report the clinical and multimodal imaging features of sympathetic ophthalmia in the acute and chronic phases. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with sympathetic ophthalmia seen at a tertiary referral center. Charts, imaging studies, and histopathological specimens were reviewed. The clinical features and multimodal imaging in the sympathizing eye were analyzed by sorting features into those seen in the acute and chronic phase. RESULTS Ten patients were included in the analysis and all of them had previous ocular trauma or complicated retinal detachment. In the acute phase, 70% had anterior uveitis, 70% had vitritis, and 100% had active posterior uveitis; posterior uveitis included multifocal choroiditis (80%), optic disc swelling (40%), multiple serous retinal detachments (20%), MEWDS-like findings (10%), and retinal vasculitis with chorioretinitis (10%). In the chronic phase, posterior manifestations included widespread patches of chorioretinal atrophy in the mid- and far-periphery (80%), peripapillary subretinal fibrosis (50%), and nummular perivascular atrophy (50%). CONCLUSIONS Sympathetic ophthalmia shows different posterior segment manifestations in the acute and chronic phase. Active sympathetic ophthalmia should be ruled out in eyes with a MEWDS-like presentation or rapidly progressing chorioretinitis, and history of trauma in the fellow eye. Peripapillary subretinal fibrosis and perivascular nummular atrophy may be useful features to suspect SO once acute inflammation has resolved.
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- Alessandro Marchese
- Department of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Hang A, Ruiz J, Park SS, Homer NA, Kim E, Moussa K. FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS MASQUERADING AS SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2024; 18:572-575. [PMID: 37463471 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000001454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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PURPOSE To describe the ocular pathology of a patient with fungal endophthalmitis with features mimicking sympathetic ophthalmia. METHODS Review of medical records and histopathology of a single patient. RESULTS A 72-year-old man who sustained penetrating injury to the left eye with an agave plant presented to our clinic 16 months after the initial injury. Before presentation, the patient had developed endophthalmitis and had undergone anterior chamber washout, vitrectomy, and intravitreal steroids, antibiotics, antifungals, and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy. At presentation, the patient had a blind, painful eye and subsequently underwent enucleation. Histopathology demonstrated granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells in the iris and Dalen-Fuchs nodules with CD68-positive epithelioid histiocytes associated with the retinal pigment epithelium sparing the choriocapillaris. These findings were initially attributed to sympathetic ophthalmia. The fellow eye did not have any signs of inflammation, and Grocott methenamine silver stain was positive for filamentous fungal elements, leading to a diagnosis of fungal endophthalmitis. CONCLUSIONS Fungal endophthalmitis may develop histopathologic features that are similar to those observed in sympathetic ophthalmia. Recognition of the overlap between the histopathologic features of these diseases may reduce the possibility of misdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment of the fellow eye.
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- Abraham Hang
- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; and
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- Byers Eye Institute, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; and
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Luo JW, Chen YH, Yu JF, Chen YX, Ji M, Guan HJ. Pain perception enhancement in consecutive second-eye phacoemulsification cataract surgeries under topical anesthesia. Int J Ophthalmol 2024; 17:1510-1518. [PMID: 39156768 PMCID: PMC11286442 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2024.08.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
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Cataract is the main cause of visual impairment and blindness worldwide while the only effective cure for cataract is still surgery. Consecutive phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia has been the routine procedure for cataract surgery. However, patients often grumbled that they felt more painful during the second-eye surgery compared to the first-eye surgery. The intraoperative pain experience has negative influence on satisfaction and willingness for second-eye cataract surgery of patients with bilateral cataracts. Intraoperative ocular pain is a complicated process induced by the nociceptors activation in the peripheral nervous system. Immunological, neuropsychological, and pharmacological factors work together in the enhancement of intraoperative pain. Accumulating published literatures have focused on the pain enhancement during the second-eye phacoemulsification surgeries. In this review, we searched PubMed database for articles associated with pain perception differences between consecutive cataract surgeries published up to Feb. 1, 2024. We summarized the recent research progress in mechanisms and interventions for pain perception enhancement in consecutive second-eye phacoemulsification cataract surgeries. This review aimed to provide novel insights into strategies for improving patients' intraoperative experience in second-eye cataract surgeries.
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- Jia-Wei Luo
- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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Schuh A, Pensel N, Priglinger S, Hintschich C. [Enucleations, eviscerations and orbital implants in German eye hospitals]. DIE OPHTHALMOLOGIE 2024:10.1007/s00347-024-02088-4. [PMID: 39122872 DOI: 10.1007/s00347-024-02088-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Evaluation of the number of enucleations and eviscerations performed in Germany and the orbital implants used. METHOD Analysis of the quality reports of German ophthalmological clinics for the years 2012-2021 provided by the Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss, G‑BA). RESULTS Almost 10 times as many enucleations (8368) as eviscerations (975) are performed in Germany. After enucleation, alloplastic implants are used most frequently (44.6% alloplastic, no further specification, 30.0% alloplastic coated, no further specification; 14.1% microporous implants) and autologous dermis-fat grafts in 6.1% of the cases. CONCLUSION In Germany, significantly more enucleations than eviscerations are performed. Alloplastic orbital implants are preferred for primary reconstruction following enucleation.
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- Anna Schuh
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Mathildenstr. 8, 80336, München, Deutschland.
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Mathildenstr. 8, 80336, München, Deutschland
- Augenklinik, Goethe Universität, 65933, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Mathildenstr. 8, 80336, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Mathildenstr. 8, 80336, München, Deutschland
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Mahmoud TH, Govindaraju VK. Primary Repair of Ruptured Globe on No Light Perception Eyes and the Role of Vitreoretinal Surgery. Ophthalmol Retina 2024; 8:615-616. [PMID: 38969437 DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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Bondok MS, He B, Ka-Lok Tao B, Bondok M, Hussain A, Ing E. Incidence of Sympathetic Ophthalmia after Intraocular Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ophthalmology 2024; 131:836-844. [PMID: 38215990 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2024.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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TOPIC Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare bilateral granulomatous panuveitis that can present after trauma or intraocular surgery (IOS). The incidence of SO after IOS varies among studies. The purpose of this review was to determine the incidence proportion of SO after IOS. CLINICAL RELEVANCE The incidence proportion of SO after IOS can provide physicians and patients with information on the risk of SO during the consent process before surgery. METHODS In this systematic review and meta-analysis, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched from inception to January 1, 2023 for population-based studies of SO after IOS. Two reviewers independently screened the results. Random-effects meta-analyses calculated incidence proportion. Subgroup analysis assessed SO incidence based on IOS type and technological advancements. Study quality and bias were assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale and the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation framework. RESULTS The final meta-analyses included 19 studies, with 118 cases of SO occurring after 505 178 inciting events. The estimated overall incidence proportion of SO after IOS was 0.061% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.033%-0.111%; I2 = 83%), and the estimated incidence rate was 9.24 cases per 100 000 person-years (95% CI, 4.03-21.19; I2 = 88%). The average study duration across these studies was 10.8 years. Within the reviewed literature, SO after glaucoma and vitreoretinal IOS was studied most, with 9 and 6 studies, respectively. Observed differences in incidence between glaucoma (0.098%; 95% CI, 0.042%-0.232%; I2 = 40%) and vitreoretinal (0.043%; 95% CI, 0.022%-0.085%; I2 = 88%) IOS were not statistically significant (P = 0.14). Also, no significant difference was found in the incidence proportion before and after 1975, when modern intraocular surgical techniques emerged (0.060% vs. 0.058%; P = 0.98). The outcome measures showed low-certainty Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation evidence. DISCUSSION Sympathetic ophthalmia after IOS is rare and might not have changed over the past 5 decades. The estimated incidence proportion of SO may be useful during the consent process before surgery. Also, no significant difference may exist in the incidence of SO between glaucoma and vitreoretinal IOS, based on low-certainty evidence. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S) The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
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- Mohamed S Bondok
- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Fonollosa A, Charcán I, Giralt L, Artaraz J, Soto A, Ruiz-Arruza I, Agarwal A. Hyper-Reflective Outer Nuclear Layer (HONL) in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and Sympathetic Ophthalmia. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2024; 32:419-423. [PMID: 36332138 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2134038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of hyper-reflective outer nuclear layer (HONL) in two cases of stromal choroiditis (Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease - VKH, and sympathetic ophthalmia - SO). METHODS Case report. RESULTS Clinical and imaging findings of two patients (37-year-old female with VKH and 34-year-old male with SO) have been described. Both patients showed typical features of the disease with subretinal fluid accumulation and choroidal thickening on OCT. However, OCT of both patients at the initial visit revealed HONL, which was unusual in these conditions. During follow-up, OCT scans revealed thinning and atrophy of the outer retinal layers, irregular thickening of the retinal pigment epithelium, and irregular autofluorescence pattern on autofluorescence imaging. CONCLUSIONS The presence of HONL may serve as a poor prognostic factor in VKH and SO, resulting in thinning and atrophy of the outer retinal layers.
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- A Fonollosa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Retina, Instituto Oftalmológico Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Retina, Institut Català de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Ullrich K, Patel BCK, Malhotra R. Material risk: vitreoretinal surgery, evisceration, enucleation and sympathetic ophthalmia-where are we currently? Eye (Lond) 2023; 37:3542-3550. [PMID: 37198435 PMCID: PMC10686393 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02562-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is known to occur after severe penetrating eye injury, evisceration and even enucleation surgery. Recent evidence suggests that a greater risk lies after multiple vitreoretinal procedures. The risk of SO following evisceration is only minimally greater than that following enucleation surgery. This review evaluates literature on SO to date and provides figures for the risk of developing SO for the purposes of the consent process. The issue of SO and Material Risk following vitreoretinal surgery is reviewed and figures for the purposes of consent are outlined. This is of particular relevance for patients in whom the contralateral eye is and will likely remain the better seeing eye. Sympathetic ophthalmitis is known to occur after severe penetrating eye injury, after evisceration and enucleation. More recently, sympathetic ophthalmitis has been recognised to occur after vitreoretinal surgery. This article reviews the evidence on material risk when consenting patients for elective and emergency eye procedures after ocular trauma or surgery. When a globe needs to be removed because of irreparable ocular injury, previous publications dictated the procedure to be an enucleation because of the fear of an increased risk of SO after an evisceration. Perhaps the issue of material risk of sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) remains over-emphasised by ophthalmic plastic surgeons and under-recognised by vitreoretinal surgeons during the consent process for evisceration, enucleation and vitreoretinal surgery. Antecedent trauma and number of previous surgeries may actually be a more significant risk factor than the type of eye removal. Recent medicolegal cases also help us understand the importance of the discussion of this risk. We present our current understanding of the risk of SO after different procedures and suggest how this information may be included in a patient consent.
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- K Ullrich
- Corneoplastic Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3DZ, UK.
- Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 28 Woodville Road, Woodville, SA, Australia.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Corneoplastic Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3DZ, UK
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Lucchini S, Govetto A, Carini E, Casalino G, Donati S, Radice P. Presumed sympathetic ophthalmia following scleral buckling surgery: A case report and review of the literature. Eur J Ophthalmol 2023; 33:NP53-NP57. [PMID: 36517983 DOI: 10.1177/11206721221145212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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PURPOSE To report a case of presumed sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) following scleral buckling (SB) surgery and to discuss the possible pathogenesis of this condition by reviewing the current evidence on this subject. METHODS Case report and narrative review of the literature; our case was imaged with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), fundus autofluorescence (FAF), fluorescein angiography (FFA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). RESULTS A 55-year-old man presented with a macula on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment which was treated with 360° SB surgery, subretinal fluid drain (SRFD), cryopexy and pneumoretinopexy. Due to failure of the primary surgery, a second procedure was performed the day after with the explant of the prior buckle and the implant of a wider circumferential element. At three months from surgery, the patient complained of severe bilateral vision loss. Multimodal imaging revealed bilateral, multi-focal exudative retinal detachments and choroidal swelling. A diagnosis of presumed SO was made and the patient was treated with a combination of steroid and immunosuppressive drugs. The clinical picture completely resolved at postoperative month 12. CONCLUSION SO may be a rare complication of SB surgery. In our case, early recognition and prompt immunosuppressive treatment achieved good long-term clinical results.
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- Sara Lucchini
- Ophthalmology Department, Circolo and Fondazione Macchi Hospital, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Department, Circolo and Fondazione Macchi Hospital, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Department, Circolo and Fondazione Macchi Hospital, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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- Eye Clinic, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Department, Circolo and Fondazione Macchi Hospital, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Department, Circolo and Fondazione Macchi Hospital, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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Rad IJ, Chapman L, Tupally KR, Veidt M, Al-Sadiq H, Sullivan R, Parekh HS. A systematic review of ultrasound-mediated drug delivery to the eye and critical insights to facilitate a timely path to the clinic. Theranostics 2023; 13:3582-3638. [PMID: 37441595 PMCID: PMC10334839 DOI: 10.7150/thno.82884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Ultrasound has long been identified as a promising, non-invasive modality for improving ocular drug delivery across a range of indications. Yet, with 20 years of learnings behind us, clinical translation remains limited. To help address this, and in accordance with PRISMA guidelines, the various mechanisms of ultrasound-mediated ocular drug delivery have been appraised, ranging from first principles to emergent applications spanning both ex vivo and in vivo models. The heterogeneity of study methods precluded meta-analysis, however an extensive characterisation of the included studies allowed for semi-quantitative and qualitative assessments. Methods: In this review, we reflected on study quality of reporting, and risk of bias (RoB) using the latest Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE 2.0) guidelines, alongside the Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory animal Experimentation (SYRCLE) RoB tools. Literature studies from 2002 to 2022 were initially characterised according to methods of ultrasound application, ultrasound parameters applied, animal models employed, as well as safety and efficacy assessments. This exercise contributed to developing a comprehensive understanding of the current state of play within ultrasound-mediated ocular drug delivery. The results were then synthesised and processed into a guide to aid future study design, with the goal of improving the reliability of data, and to support efficient and timely translation to the clinic. Results: Key attributes identified as hindering translation included: poor reporting quality and high RoB, skewed use of animals unrepresentative of the human eye, and the over reliance of reductionist safety assessments. Ex vivo modelling studies were often unable to have comprehensive safety assessments performed on them, which are imperative to determining treatment safety, and represent a pre-requisite for clinical translation. Conclusion: With the use of our synthesised guide, and a thorough understanding of the underlying physicochemical interactions between ultrasound and ocular biology provided herein, this review offers a firm foundation on which future studies should ideally be built, such that ultrasound-mediated ocular drug delivery can be translated from concept to the coalface where it can provide immense clinical benefit.
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- Isaac J Rad
- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Al-Asala University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- The University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Agarwal A, Pichi F, Invernizzi A, Grewal DS, Singh RB, Upadhyay A. Stepwise approach for fundus imaging in the diagnosis and management of posterior uveitis. Surv Ophthalmol 2023; 68:446-480. [PMID: 36724831 DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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An array of retinochoroid imaging modalities aid in comprehensive evaluation of the immunopathological changes in the retina and choroid, forming the core component for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory disorders such as uveitis. The recent technological breakthroughs have led to the development of imaging platforms that can evaluate the layers of retina and choroid and the structural and functional alteration in these tissues. Ophthalmologists heavily rely on imaging modalities such as dye-based angiographies (fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography), optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence, as well as dye-less angiography such as optical coherence tomography angiograph,y for establishing a precise diagnosis and understanding the pathophysiology of the diseases. Furthermore, these tools are now being deployed with a 'multimodal' approach for swift and accurate diagnosis. In this comprehensive review, we outline the imaging platforms used for evaluation of posterior uveitis and discuss the organized, algorithmic approach for the assessment of the disorders. Additionally, we provide an insight into disease-specific characteristic pathological changes and the established strategies to rule out disorders with overlapping features on imaging.
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- Aniruddha Agarwal
- Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Ophthalmology, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science "Luigi Sacco", Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Discipline of Ophthalmology, The University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, EyeQ Super-specialty Hospitals, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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