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We present a rare case of severe unilateral corneal melt after uneventful phacoemulsification. A 38-year-old woman presented one week after uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery complaining of pain and blurred vision in her operated eye. Our differential diagnosis included peripheral ulcerative keratitis, Mooren's ulcer and herpetic keratitis. The patient was started on oral acyclovir and topical steroids. An extensive blood work-up was done to rule out autoimmune diseases. Purified protein derivative test demonstrated 15 mm of erythema. Because the clinical picture was progressing, the patient was started on triple anti-tuberculosis therapy. Despite treatment, the patient was complaining of excruciating eye pain that was relieved only with intramuscular prednisone injections. The corneal melt healed after approximately three months without any other intervention, leaving a 90 per cent thickness loss in its central area. Idiopathic corneal melt after uneventful phacoemulsification is a rare complication, which must be managed in a multidirectional treatment approach to prevent devastating corneal perforation.
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PMID:Severe unilateral corneal melting after uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery. 2268 54

Corneal abrasions are commonly encountered in primary care. Patients typically present with a history of trauma and symptoms of foreign body sensation, tearing, and sensitivity to light. History and physical examination should exclude serious causes of eye pain, including penetrating injury, infective keratitis, and corneal ulcers. After fluorescein staining of the cornea, an abrasion will appear yellow under normal light and green in cobalt blue light. Physicians should carefully examine for foreign bodies and remove them, if present. The goals of treatment include pain control, prevention of infection, and healing. Pain relief may be achieved with topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or oral analgesics. Evidence does not support the use of topical cycloplegics for uncomplicated corneal abrasions. Patching is not recommended because it does not improve pain and has the potential to delay healing. Although evidence is lacking, topical antibiotics are commonly prescribed to prevent bacterial superinfection. Contact lens-related abrasions should be treated with antipseudomonal topical antibiotics. Follow-up may not be necessary for patients with small (4 mm or less), uncomplicated abrasions; normal vision; and resolving symptoms. All other patients should be reevaluated in 24 hours. Referral is indicated for any patient with symptoms that do not improve or that worsen, a corneal infiltrate or ulcer, significant vision loss, or a penetrating eye injury.
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PMID:Evaluation and management of corneal abrasions. 2331 75

A 52 year-old, contact lens-wearing man presented with progressive right eye pain and redness for one month. He had been evaluated and treated for necrotizing scleritis by multiple eye care specialists prior to presentation. He underwent a complete systemic work-up for both autoimmune and infectious causes of scleritis, including a culture. The culture revealed heavy growth of Nocardia asteroides complexes. The patient was treated with topical amikacin and oral Bactrim. Following several weeks of antibiotic treatment, the patient's infection resolved completely, and his visual acuity returned to baseline status. Nocardia is a rare but potentially devastating cause of necrotizing scleritis that may affect contact lens wearers without an associated keratitis. Prompt recognition and early treatment with appropriate antimicrobial agents are critical to achieve a favorable outcome.
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PMID:Contact lens-associated nocardial necrotizing scleritis. 2390 77

Fungal keratitis, an eye infection with poor prognosis, is difficult to treat and can lead to loss of vision. Among filamentous fungi Scedosporium spp. rarely lead to fungal keratitis. Here we present a case of keratitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. A 61-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of right eye pain and decreased vision after a foreign body trauma to the right eye. The patient was diagnosed as keratitis by biomicroscopic examination. Conjunctival swabs collected from both eyes were inoculated onto sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, eosin methylene blue agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar. Corneal scrapings from the right eye were inoculated onto the same solid media by "C-streak" method, and in brain-heart-infusion broth by immersion. While gram-stained smears of conjunctival swabs showed no significant finding, smears of corneal scrapings revealed abundant neutrophils and profuse septate hyphae. Fungal keratitis was diagnosed and topical enhanced amphotericin B (0.5 mg/ml) therapy was initiated with netilmicin sulfate and oxytetracycline HCl plus polymyxin B sulfate. At the 10th day of therapy a mold growth was detected in corneal scraping cultures and was identified microscopically as S.apiospermum. Based on the relevant literature, therapy was changed to enhanced topical voriconazole (2 mg/ml) applied hourly, plus systemic voriconazole administration. At the third day of treatment, reduction of epithelial defect and decline in the focus of keratitis were observed. In the following days, however, a progression occurred in the focus of keratitis and 5% natamycin ophthalmic suspension was added to the therapy. Since the patient did not respond to any of the medical treatments, therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty was planned; yet, the patient refused the operation and was discharged with her own request. As far as the local literature was concerned, this is the first report of keratitis caused by S.apiospermum in Turkey. Though a very rare causative agent of keratitis, S.apiospermum is generally resistant to antifungal therapy and often require surgical treatment. Especially in patients with predisposing factors, this organism should be kept in mind as a potential causative agent and relevant microbiological examinations should be performed.
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PMID:[Fungal keratitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum: first report from Turkey]. 2481 76

It is important to be vigilant for retained foreign bodies as a cause of recalcitrant bacterial conjunctivitis, even in the absence of foreign body sensation. A relapsing-remitting history should prompt referral to an ophthalmology department. All patients presenting with a red eye should be asked specifically about contact lens wear, and causes of conjunctivitis other than those bacterial in nature--such as viral and chlamydial infections or allergy--should be borne in mind. Contact lens wear may cause ocular complications, ranging from mild dry eye symptoms to contact lens-associated microbial keratitis, which is an ophthalmic emergency. Contact lens-associated corneal infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can rapidly penetrate the cornea, or Acanthamoeba can be severe and sight threatening. All patients with a history of contact lens wear and red flag symptoms such as eye pain, redness, reduction or change in vision, corneal epithelial defect, discharge, foreign body sensation or failure to respond to antibiotics should be referred for an urgent ophthalmic review. Retained contact lenses are known to cause several ocular complications, such as giant papillary conjunctivitis and ulcerative keratitis which may threaten corneal penetration. Lid eversion may reveal a hidden sub-tarsal contact lens. Use of fluorescein may also allow visualisation of any corneal epithelial defect. A careful slit lamp examination by an ophthalmologist is required to exclude this critical finding definitively.
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PMID:A case of recalcitrant bacterial conjunctivitis. 2455 57

We report a severe case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis (S. lugdunensis) keratitis presenting as suppurative keratitis in a 77-year-old woman. The patient's chief complaint was eye pain and decreased visual acuity in her right eye. Suppurative keratitis with a severe corneal abscess was diagnosed by a slit-lamp ophthalmic examination. The causative organism was identified as S. lugdunensis by bacterial culture, using a corneal abrasion specimen. She was treated with an intravenous drip infusion of ceftazidime and instillation of gentamicin sulfate ophthalmic solution (six times daily) and ofloxacin ophthalmic ointment (once daily before bedtime) as empiric therapy. Her hospital course was complicated by a corneal perforation of her right eye. The antibiotic susceptibility for S. lugdunensis was sensitive, but with a slightly high MIC for antibiotics used in empiric therapy. The therapeutic drug was changed to levofloxacin ophthalmic solution. The corneal abscess left a scar after healing. Representative causative organisms of suppurative keratitis include Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus pneumoniae, but care must be taken in cases involving rare causative organisms. Empiric therapy is necessary for rapidly progressing suppurative keratitis, but a detailed examination of the causative organism is important for therapeutic planning before empiric therapy.
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PMID:Severe Staphylococcus lugdunensis keratitis. 2508 3

Eye problems constitute 2% to 3% of all primary care and emergency department visits. Common eye conditions that can cause eye pain are conjunctivitis, corneal abrasion, and hordeolum, and some of the most serious eye conditions include acute angle-closure glaucoma, orbital cellulitis, and herpetic keratitis. The history should focus on vision changes, foreign body sensation, photophobia, and associated symptoms, such as headache. The physical examination includes an assessment of visual acuity and systematic evaluation of the conjunctiva, eyelids, sclera, cornea, pupil, anterior chamber, and anterior uvea. Further examination with fluorescein staining and tonometry is often necessary. Because eye pain can be the first sign of an ophthalmologic emergency, the physician should determine if referral is warranted. Specific conditions that require ophthalmology consultation include acute angle-closure glaucoma, optic neuritis, orbital cellulitis, scleritis, anterior uveitis, and infectious keratitis.
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PMID:Evaluation of the Painful Eye. 2840 5

A rare case of Bacillus panophthlamitis with extension to the prechiasmatic optic nerve secondary to hematogenous spreading after intravenous drug use is presented. A 27-year-old man with a recent history of trauma to the left eye presented with severe left eye pain following a binge of intravenous drug use. Visual acuity (VA) was LP. On examination he had chemosis, proptosis, elevated intraocular pressure, and a complete hyphema. CT-scan identified preseptal swelling, but no evidence of any posterior extension of the anterior process or orbital fractures. Topical and systemic therapy were initiated. On follow-up clinical examination less than 12 hours after presentation he had signs of a keratitis with worsening ophthalmoplegia and repeat imaging demonstrated posterior extension to the prechiasmatic optic nerve. Shortly after the cornea ruptured with cultures growing Bacillus. The patient underwent enucleation and has had no further progression of infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of Bacillus panophthalmitis presenting with signs of trauma with posterior extension to the prechiasmatic optic nerve.
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PMID:Bacillus Panophthalmitis with Posterior Extension to the Prechiasmatic Optic Nerve. 2799

A 41-year-old woman presented to her primary doctor with nausea, back pain and lower extremity oedema. Initial labs showed elevated serum creatinine and white blood cell count (WBC), which her doctor attributed to ibuprofen use and a recent upper respiratory infection. Five days later, she presented to the eye clinic with eye pain, redness and blurred vision. She was diagnosed with iritis, conjunctivitis and keratitis. The inflammatory eye disease with decreased renal function prompted the ophthalmologist to initiate systemic autoimmune and infectious disease work-up. Before laboratory testing was complete, she developed severe haemoptysis. Diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) was confirmed using blood testing, radiological imaging and kidney biopsy. She received plasmapheresis, then cyclophosphamide and prednisone with good effect. This case highlights the need to consider GPA in the differential when patients present with inflammatory eye disease with decreased renal function and the need for multispecialty collaboration including ophthalmologists in the diagnosis of GPA.
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PMID:Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: seeing the diagnosis. 2848

: ophthalmic complications following lung transplantation.">Ophthalmic complications in the lung transplant population are a little-known entity. It includes a spectrum of diseases ranging from infections such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, herpetic keratitis, Pseudallescheria boydii to non-infectious complications such as posterior subcapsular cataracts (PSCs), cyclosporine retinopathy, and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). These diseases can be attributed to high levels of immunosuppression, advanced age, and drug-specific side effects. Underlying comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus may also play a role in the pathogenesis. Patients can present with varied symptoms such as blurry vision, floaters or eye pain. Prompt diagnosis often requires a high index of suspicion. With increasing numbers of transplants being performed worldwide, it is imperative for the pulmonologist and transplant physician to recognize these often subtle symptoms. Any visual symptom should trigger an ophthalmological evaluation in order to manage these complications; some of which pose the risk of systemic dissemination and significant morbidity. The following article provides an in-depth review of the common presenting symptoms, treatments and recent advances related to common ophthalmic complications following lung transplantation. While this article focuses on the lung transplant sub-population, the authors would like to point out that some of these complications are shared by other solid-organ transplants as well, by virtue of their shared immunosuppressive therapies.
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PMID:"For your eyes only": ophthalmic complications following lung transplantation. 3062 4


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