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The authors observed 6 cases of brain pseudotumours in children aged from 3 to 15 years. All patients had been referred with the diagnosis of brain tumour, with headaches, eye fundus changes fundus changes. Some children had nystagmus, squint, vomiting and dizziness. One child had pharyngitis, two had sinusitis. Contrast brain examinations gave normal results. Diet with salt and fluid restriction and oedema-reducing drugs (glycerol, mannitol, decadron) were used. In all patients the neurological and ophthalmological signs regressed within 3 to 12 weeks.
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PMID:[Pseudotumor cerebri in children]. 145 58

A healthy child developed V. parahaemolyticus endophthalmitis after receiving a perforating corneal injury while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Peculiar greenish anterior chamber and vitreous exudates were a striking feature of the infection. A history of ocular injury in a salt water environment should alert the clinician to the possibility of infection due to a marine Vibrio, and appropriate means should be employed for the isolation and identification of such organisms.
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus
PMID:Vibrio parahaemolyticus endophthalmitis. 696 12

Strabismus is the lack of binocular vision due to an inability to control one of the eye muscles. Corrective surgery is the most common recourse and consists of adjusting and reattaching the extraocular muscle to the sclera. In approximately 10% of cases involving re-insertment of the extraocular muscle via suture techniques, the needle is inserted too deeply into the eye resulting in perforation of the retina. Fibrin glues and cyanoacrylates have been substituted with unsatisfactory mechanical results. The goal of this study was to maximize the tensile strength of rabbit extraocular muscles repaired using a laser-solder technique developed by McNally et al., Biodegradable polymer membranes of controlled porosity were fabricated with poly(L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and salt particles using a solvent-casting and particulate-leaching technique. The porous membranes were doped with protein solder composed of 25% and 50% (w/v) serum albumin and 0.5 mg/ml indocyanine green (ICG) dye mixed in deionized water. In vitro tissue specimens were repaired using the solder-doped polymer membranes in conjunction with an 805 nm diode laser. The tensile strength was tested on an MTS machine and results were analyzed with the Student's T-test.
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PMID:Optimization of laser-solder repair technique for possible application in strabismus surgeries. 1208 31

Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) affects 800 million people in the world, yet iodine supplementation is one of the most cost-effective nutritional interventions known. Iodine is incorporated into thyroid hormones, necessary for regulating metabolic rate, growth, and development of the brain and nervous system. IDD may appear as goiter in adults, usually not a serious problem, or in cretinism in children, which is marked by severe mental and physical retardation, with irreversible hearing and speech defects and either deaf-mutism, squint and paralysis, or stunting and edema. Children supplemented by age 1 or 2 can sometimes be helped. Foods contain variable amounts of iodine dependent on the soil where they are grown, hence mountainous and some inland regions have high goiter and IDD incidence. There are also goitrogenic foods, typically those of the cabbage family. Diagnosis is clinical or by blood tests for thyroid hormone levels and ratios. Finger-stick methods are available. Prevention of IDD is simple with either iodized salt or flour, iodinated central water supplies, injectable or oral iodine-containing oil. All cost about $.04 per person per year, except injections, which cost about $1 per person, but have the advantage that they could be combined with immunizations. Local problems with supplements are loss of iodine in salt with storage in tropics, and local production of cheaper uniodinated salt. Emphasis should be given to pregnant women and young children. There is no harm in giving pregnant women iodine injections in 2nd or 3rd trimester.
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PMID:Iodine deficiency disorders. 1234 33

This report present an infant with nystagmus, strabismus, salt and pepper and scars in funduscopy, calcification in Brain CT scan and high titer of Anti Toxoplasmosis antibody. A 10 month old infant that referred with nystagmus, strabismus after fever which appeared five months ago. In funduscopy of both eyes, salt and pepper and scars and in Brain CT scan multiple calcification were seen. The diagnosis of congenital Toxoplasmosis was established by positive serum Anti toxoplasma Ab (IgG) (> 400). Toxoplasmosis may present with only nystagmus and strabismus and physicians should consider this infection in the differential diagnosis of a abnormal eye movement.
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PMID:A 10 month old infant with nystagmus and strabismus. 1881 86

Endemic cretinism includes two syndromes: a more common neurological disorder with brain damage, deaf mutism, squint and spastic paresis of the legs and a less common syndrome of severe hypothyroidism, growth retardation and less severe mental defect. Both conditions are due to dietary iodine deficiency and can be prevented by correction of iodine deficiency before pregnancy. Endemic cretinism is now included in the spectrum of the effects of iodine deficiency in a population termed the 'iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs)', which also includes a wide range of lesser degrees of cognitive defect that can be prevented by the correction of iodine deficiency. Iodine deficiency is now recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the most common preventable cause of brain damage with in excess of 2 billion at risk from 130 countries. A global United Nations (UN) programme of prevention has achieved 68% household usage of iodised salt by the year 2000 compared with less than 20% prior to 1990.
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PMID:Cretinism revisited. 2017 69

This report discusses the potential ocular injuries associated with an air-powered salt gun, a new product that may appeal to children. The authors hope to inform both providers and patients of the potential risks and treatment considerations if an injury of this type is sustained. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2019;56:e65-e67.].
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2019 Dec 09
PMID:Ocular Injuries Associated With Air-Powered Salt Guns. 3182 9