Acanthamoeba keratitis – Clinical signs, differential diagnosis and treatment
Nóra Szentmáry, Loay Daas, Lei Shi et al. · 20 Oct 2018
PURPOSE: To summarize actual literature data on clinical signs, differential diagnosis, and treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis. METHODS: Review of literature. RESULTS: Clinical signs of acanthamoeba keratitis are in early stages grey-dirty epithelium, pseudodendritiformic epitheliopathy, perineuritis, multifocal stromal infiltrates, ring infiltrate and in later stages scleritis, iris atrophy, anterior synechiae, secondary glaucoma, mature cataract, and chorioretinitis.…
Pentacam top indices for diagnosing subclinical and definite keratoconus
Hassan Hashemi, Ramin Beiranvand, Abbasali Yekta et al. · 1 Mar 2016
PURPOSE: To determine pachymetric, aberrometric, and topometric indices in patients with definite and subclinical keratoconus and the validity of these indices in the diagnosis of keratoconus. METHODS: We evaluated 262 keratoconic and 97 healthy eyes in this study. Pentacam HR examination was performed for all participants, and the data of all pachymetric, aberrometric, and topometric…
Therapeutic targets of renin-angiotensin system in ocular disorders
Rajesh Choudhary, Mandeep Singh Kapoor, Amrita Singh et al. · 20 Oct 2016
PURPOSE: To review current literature on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS)-mediated pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets in ocular diseases. METHODS: A comprehensive literature survey was performed on PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases published from 1977 to 2016. The search terms were a RAS, angiotensin, angiotensin receptor, prorenin, pro (renin) receptor, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, angiotensin…
Premium intraocular lenses: The past, present and future
Jasmin Zvorničanin, Edita Zvorničanin · 18 May 2018
PURPOSE: To present potential benefits as well as limitations of premium intraocular lens (IOL) use, and provide insight in future of premium cataract surgery. METHODS: Bibliographic research was performed in PubMed/Medline database, and the most recently updated papers were evaluated. Keywords used were: premium intraocular lens, multifocal intraocular lens, toric intraocular lens, toric multifocal intraocular…
Updates on Managements for Keratoconus
Mehrdad Mohammadpour, Zahra Heidari, Hassan Hashemi · 6 Dec 2017
PURPOSE: Keratoconus is a progressive disease of the cornea which can lead to blindness as irregular astigmatism increases. Currently, a variety of methods are available for the treatment of keratoconus, and in certain cases, it may be difficult to choose the most appropriate option. This article reviews available treatment modalities for keratoconus to provide the…
