Michael A. Samuel, MD (Los Angeles, CA), Jennifer I. Lim, MD (Los Angeles, CA) SYNOPSIS 63-year old healthy man presents with a visual field defect and a ciliary body mass eroding through the iris. Ultrasonography showed a low reflective solid dome-shaped lesion suspicious for a melanoma. A diagnostic and therapeutic iridocyclectomy was performed. Histopathology revealed the lesion to be a leiomyoma. ...
Read MoreMission Possible: Iridocyclectomy for Ciliary Body Leiomyoma
Mission Possible: Iridocyclectomy for Ciliary Body Leiomyoma
http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Mission-Possible:-Iridocyclectomy-for-Ciliary-Body-Leiomyoma.flv Michael A. Samuel, MD (Los Angeles, CA), Jennifer I. Lim, MD (Los Angeles, CA) SYNOPSIS 63-year old healthy man presents with a visual field defect and a ciliary body mass eroding through the iris. Ultrasonography showed a low reflective solid dome-shaped lesion suspicious for a melanoma. A diagnostic and therapeutic iridocyclectomy was...
Read MoreTherapeutic Effect of Propranolol on Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Ali R. Ramezani, MD, Hamid Ahmadieh, MD Purpose: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of propranolol on central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods: In a prospective interventional case series, 18 eyes with CSCR received 40 mg/day propranolol for 6 weeks. Complete ophthalmologic examination was performed before intervention and at 2 and 6 months. The outcome measures were retinal neurosensory detachment size, evaluated by paired t-test,...
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