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REFERENCES 1 Wijesinghe HK, Puthuran GV, Krishnadas SR. Comments on: Vogt - Koyanagi - Harada disease associated with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a young woman presenting as acute angle-closure glaucoma. 2 Patyal S, Narula R, Thulasidas M. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease associated with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a young woman presenting as acute angle closure glaucoma. [Extracted from the article]

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is also called the rodent lung worm. It was first discovered in 1935 by Chen in Rattus rattus, in Canton, China. The rodent is the definitive host while infected mollusks, snails and crabs act as the intermediate hosts. Humans are infected by the 3rd stage larvae, either by eating undercooked intermediate hosts or by consuming vegetables. 1 It is a delicate nematode reported in Asia Pacific region most commonly in South-east Asia and has been reported from Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. 2 Anterior chamber angiostrogyliasis is extremely rare, and no previous case of ocular angiostrogyliasis from India could be found on Medline search. We report a new technique in the removal of the actively motile thread-like worm by paralysing it with intracameral preservative free lidocaine, which aids in the easy removal of the intact worm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors describe an atypical presentation of sympathetic ophthalmia in a child caused by multiple surgical interventions in the exciting eye. Optical coherence tomography findings were noted. Early diagnosis and management with intravenous methylprednisolone and immunosuppressants helped in salvaging the only seeing eye of the child., (Copyright 2009, SLACK Incorporated.)