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Abstract Purpose: Study aimed to determine compliance of patients with strabismic amblyopia undergoing occlusion treatment, followed from January 1 st, 2011 to January 1 st, 2017 at an Ophthalmology Reference Center, and identify risk factors for poor compliance. Methods: Retrospective, consecutive cohort study. Compliance reported at each visit was related to visual acuity, family history, changes in occlusion schedules and in patients’ care team during treatment. The patients were divided into two groups according to the compliance: poor compliance group and compliance group (subdivided in full compliance subgroup and partial compliance subgroup). Results: Age at treatment beginning vary from 3.7 to 13.7 years, esotropia was the most frequent deviation and the occlusion was realized from 5 to 7 hours a day. Of 220 patients, compliance was achieved by 193 (87.7%), 114 (51.8%) in full compliance subgroup and 79 (35.9%) in partial compliance subgroup, and 27 do not achieved compliance (12.3%). Poor compliance was significantly related to a history of epilepsy, higher rate of suspension of treatment due to inefficacy, higher evasion rate, lower recurrence, and lower rate of maintenance of prophylactic occlusion after treatment. Good compliance was related to family history of strabismus, higher recurrence rate, and higher maintenance of prophylactic occlusion after treatment. No relations were found between poor compliance and changes in occlusion schedules or in patients’ care team during treatment. Conclusion: Compliance with occlusion treatment of strabismic ambliopia was similar to other studies that included refractive and strabismic amblyopia and not related to changes in occlusion schedules or in patients’ care team during treatment. Family history of strabismus was a protective factor.

ABSTRACT Objective: A unusual case of ocular toxoplasmosis with significant vitreomacular traction is reported. The patient improved significantly following pars plana vitrectomy combined with visual stimulation and occlusion therapy. Methods: The case of a 5-year-old girl with significant unilateral vision loss associated with vitreous condensation and macular traction is described. Results: Pars plana vitrectomy was carried out for vitreomacular traction release. This was followed by visual stimulation and occlusion therapy. Significant improvement was observed. Conclusion: Despite structural damage, the combination of properly indicated surgery and amblyopia management strategies allowed the achievement of maximum vision goals in this case, suggesting structural damage may be associated with functional amblyopia.

The objective was to improve the visual acuity (VA) before facectomy and at the 15th-day of the post-operative phase, and its impact on elderly quality of life. We developed a prospective study, with 156 patients submitted to facectomy in an ophthalmologic campaign. According to the Snellen table, the mean VA in logMAR at 15 days post-surgery improved from 1.23 to 0.57 for elderly (p=0.000). When comparing the quality of life means using the quality of life tool Visual Functioning Questionnaire (VQF-25), the subdomain general vision presented the highest difference between means before and after facectomy (from 29.65 to 89.87). The correlation analysis pointed that the VA improved general satisfaction for far activities, ocular pain, mental health, and dependency, resulting in a positive impact on elderly quality of life. We brought up indicators to guide a more individualized therapy.

Objetivo: Identificar os níveis de comprometimento visual e a prevalência de oftalmopatias e ametropias em crianças atendidas em um centro de referência em oftalmologia do centro-oeste brasileiro. Comparar os achados com dados publicados referentes a outras regiões do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal, descritivo e retrospectivo com análise de prontuários de crianças atendidas no Centro de Referência em Oftalmologia (CEROF) da Universidade Federal de Goiás, no período compreendido entre abril de 2009 e março de 2010. Resultados: Foram avaliados 2408 prontuários, sendo 2128 (88,4%) de atendimento eletivo e 280 (11,6%) de atendimento no setor de urgências do CEROF. Houve predomínio na faixa etária de 6 a 10 anos (44,2%), seguido pela de 11 a 14 anos (29,6%). O exame foi considerado normal em 12,9% (n=274) dos atendimentos eletivos e em 6,8 (n=19) dos atendimentos de urgência. As doenças mais encontradas nas crianças foram as conjuntivites infecciosas (248 casos, 26,4%) e alérgicas (204 casos, 21,7%), blefarite (69 casos, 7,3%), calázio (34 casos, 3,6%), estrabismo (133 casos, 12,06%), as doenças de retina e vítreo (24 casos, 2,6%), catarata e alterações de cristalino (20 casos, 2,1%). As ametropias mais frequentes, contadas por olho, foram a hipermetropia (46,9%) e o astigmatismo (42,2%) e as doenças sistêmicas mais informadas foramprematuridade (30 casos) e diabete melito (26 casos). Conclusão: Este estudo identificou as principais causas de doenças oculares em crianças atendidas em um centro universitário de referência. O grupo de doenças mais prevalente foi o das doenças de córnea e conjuntiva (conjuntivites alérgicas, olho seco e ceratites). As doenças de pálpebra ocuparam o segundo lugar (blefarite, calázio, e obstrução de vias lacrimais). As ametropias mais frequentes foram a hipermetropia e o astigmatismo. Os achados na população estudada mostram-se semelhantes aos observados na literatura nacional.

The purpose of the authors is to show clinical findings of a patient with benign concentric annular macular dystrophy, which is an unusual condition, and part of the “bull’s eye” maculopathy differential diagnosis. An ophthalmologic examination with color perception, fluorescein angiography, and ocular electrophysiology was performed.

OBJETIVO: Identificar as doenças oculares mais comumente presentes no serviço de urgência de um Centro de Referência em Oftalmologia localizado na região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. MÉTODOS: Estudo de delineamento transversal, observacional, retrospectivo com análise de prontuários de atendimentos realizados no período de abril de 2009 a março de 2010, no Centro de Referência em Oftalmologia - CEROF da Universidade Federal de Goiás. As variáveis estudadas foram idade, sexo, procedência, doenças oculares diagnosticadas e doenças sistêmicas associadas. RESULTADOS: Um número total de 2105 prontuários foram analisados neste estudo. A faixa etária mais encontrada foi entre 15 e 29 anos (30,2%), seguida pela entre 30 e 39 anos (20,9%) e entre 40 e 49 anos (14,9%), a idade média foi 34,3 anos. Houve predominância de pacientes do sexo masculino (64,8 %) em relação ao feminino (35,2%). O local de procedência predominante foi o município de Goiânia (80,7%), com 19,2% de pacientes do interior do estado e de outros estados. As maiores causas de atendimento foram: corpo estranho extraocular (25,5%), conjuntivites infecciosas (23,6%) e ceratites e úlceras de córnea(11,3%), tumores de pálpebras e órbita(7,2%), olho seco(4,7%), e blefarite(3,8%). O trauma ocular registrou prevalência de 6,3%. CONCLUSÃO: As doenças oculares atendidas mais frequentemente na urgência do CEROF são semelhantes a outros serviços da mesma natureza no Brasil. A maior parte dos casos é considerada de resolução simples, que podem ser tratados em serviços de atendimento primário, reduzindo a referência a serviços de atendimento terciário delegando a estes casos de maior complexidade.OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of ophthalmic diseases seen in the emergency department of a specialized center in Brazilian Center-Western area. METHODS: This is a retrospective transverse observation study based on patients chart who were seen at Ophthalmic Reference Center (CEROF), Federal University of Goiás,Goiânia (GO) Brazil, between april, 2009 to march, 2010. Age, gender, origin, ocular and associated systemic diseases were identified. RESULTS: 2105 charts were analyzed. The age of patients ranged between 15-29 years-old (30.2%), 30-39 years-old (20.9%) and 40-49 years-old (14.9%), with a 34.3 years-old on average. Male gender were more frequent than females (64.8% vs 35.2%). The majority of patients live in Goiania (80.7%) and the remaining (19.3) came from other cities in the county area or from other states in Brazil. Ocular dust was the leading cause for medical attendance, followed by infectious conjunctivitis (23.6%), keratitis and cornea ulcer (11.3%), tumors of the eyelids or the orbit (7.2%), dry eyes (4.7%), and blepharitis (3.8%). Ocular trauma occurred in a 6.3% of patients. CONCLUSION: Ocular diseases in patients presenting at the emergency department of an ophthalmic reference center in the Center-Western area have a similar prevalence as in other centers in Brazil. Most of them can be treated in common health facilities and don't need to be referred to specialized centers. These centers should deal with more complex problems, saving costs and time.

Os autores relatam o caso de uma paciente que apresentou quadro bilateral de oclusão de ramos arteriais da retina sem causas sistêmicas identificáveis para o aparecimento da doença.

Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic systemic granulomatous disease. It commonly affects the skin, lungs, kidneys, and central nervous system. In the eyes it primarily affects the uveal tract, conjunctiva, lacrimal glands and optic nerve. Here in we describe the case of a patient with systemic sarcoidosis and asymptomatic eye inflammation.

Abstract Purpose: To identify the prevalence of the most common diseases diagnosed in the Low Vision Service (LVS) Methods: Seven hundred and thirteen patient’s clinical records were evaluated. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the better eye was collected. All of the diagnosed diseases related to visual impairment were identified and classified. A total of 220 patients (36.6%) fulfilled the concept of low vision (group 1), and 381 patients (63.39%) presented legal blindness (groups 2, 3, 4 and 5), according to the WHO Study Group on the Prevention of Blindness (Geneva, l972). Results: The most prevalent disorder was the group of Retinal Inherited Distrophies (n=124; 20.63%). Following the first group were Ocular toxoplasmosis with chorioretinal scars (118 cases, representing a prevalence of 19.63%), Myopic Maculopathy (38-6.32%), Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (36 cases, representing a prevalence of 6%). Conclusion: Planning and implementing preventive actions in ophthalmology requires appropriate comprehension about regional clinical problems. Social support, and a proper partnership between educational and health systems, are important to improve visual outcomes in patients diagnosed with low vision and legal blindness.

Abstract The diagnosis of macular retinoschisis is often complex and demands complementary exams to be confirmed. This is the report of a case of a 27 years old man diagnosed with macular retinoschisis, in which En face OCT and OCT angiography were used to identify and demonstrate the typical patterns of the disease, as well as distinguish them from the findings of cystoid macular edema.