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Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a well-described but rare benign tumor that mainly affects adolescent boys. Although it is capable of extravagant local extension and tissue destruction, the tumor is amenable to effective therapy. Ocular or visual complications have been little noted in the literature. We report a case whose sole symptom was unilateral transient visual impairment and findings were limited to a nonspecific optic disk edema.▪ [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe form of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, characterized by extensive sloughing of mucous membranes and skin. It is associated with mortality rates of up to 70% and significant ocular morbidity in long-term survivors. We present a case of TEN with severe bilateral ocular involvement in whom we successfully used amniotic membrane grafts to treat the ocular surface during the acute phase of the disease. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]