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Introduction: IgG4-associated ocular inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare, non-neoplastic inflammatory process with an incidence of 0.28-1.08 per 100,000 people. The diagnosis of this pathology is one of exclusion, having to meet histopathological criteria, enlargement of a specific organ, and serious concentrations of IgG4. Treatment aims to avoid secondary complications. Clinical case: A 54-year-old woman with no previous reported pathologies, reports that for the past 6 months she has itching at the level of the eyeball and the left eyelid, suddenly and without apparent cause, in addition to decreased visual acuity and retro-ocular pain; this is why she asked for the evaluation. The physical examination revealed normal eye movements, left proptosis, pain on palpation, subconjunctival hyperemia, corneal opacity, absence of red reflex, and the left eye being more resistant to pressure in relation to the contralateral eye. The cranio-thoraco-abdominal tomography reported images at the left ocular level that were suggestive of choroidal melanoma without findings of metastatic activity. Enucleation of the left eye was performed. The specimen was sent to pathology which reported diffuse lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate positive for IgG4. Conclusion: Ocular IgG4 disease is a very rare pathology with non-specific symptoms and complex diagnosis. However, a quick and correct approach is essential to avoid complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective. To evaluate the development of preclinical manual ability with indirect vision in students that do not entered yet into clinical practice during the period of March-August 2013. Materials and methods. 92 students of the fifth semester of the course of caries and dental surgery of the Universidad Central del Ecuador were evaluated, through the technique of speculate drawing, consisting on the reproduction of a bidimensional figure, in a stroke, projected by a plane mirror located in the reflection box; two evaluations were made, at the beginning and end of the semester, and were qualified by four specialized professors, a range of 0 - bad to 5 -optimal was used. Binary correlation analysis with Spearman method, plus an ANOVA, to determine the influence of the factors in the average rating was used. Results. Laterality, gender and daily practice of skills were the variables that influenced in the average rating, further development in females was observed especially when there existed the daily practice of activities involving fine motor, with a greater tendency to better results in righties. The hours of preclinical practice do not allowed at all, an improvement in fine ability, being in evidence a lack of fine motor development in pre-school stage coupled with a failure in hours to develop that skill. Conclusions. The manual ability is influenced by practice, showing better results in female students, employing the right hand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to describe the ocular findings in children with mucopolysaccharidosis at the Ophtalmology department. Methods: clinical, descriptive, retrospective, transversal, and observational study was done. The cohort included patients under 16 years old, treated at the Hospital General, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, with diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis. The variables were age, gender, damaged eye, visual acuity, ocular findings, type of mucopolysaccharidosis. Results: there were 11 patients with mucopolysaccharidosis, 10 of them (90.9 %) full filled the inclusion criteria; nine were men. Mean age was 5.5 ± 2.8 years. There were ocular findings in both eyes in 60 % of the patients, 10 % of them in just one eye. The most frequent finding was corneal opacity (70 %), bilateral in 85.7 %, and in a single eye in 14.3 %. The ocular findings (40 %) were common in mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Conclusions: there is visual sequels secondary to mucopolysaccharidosis. It is important to study the ocular disorders in order to treat it timely and give to patients the immediate rehabilitation to improve the quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report a case of ocular metastasis which, on investigation, was found to proceed from a primary tumour of the lung. A 67 years old female was referred to us from the ophthalmology department. Following an ultrasound scan, she was provisionally diagnosed as having ocular metastasis. The occurrence of this case, and the literature review we undertook, indicate that cancer patients are not routinely examined for ophthalmology complications and, as such, the incidence of ocular metastases may be under-diagnosed. Hence, we have decided to instigate a prospective study to evaluate this situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]