European VitreoRetinal Society a certain philosophy

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo92d9 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo96f4 Francisco J. Ascaso, Laura Villén, Valentín Huerva, Javier Mateo, María A. Del Buey (Zaragoza, Spain) Advantages: Choroidal osteoma (CO), typically found in healthy young women, is a rare benign intraocular tumor composed of mature cancellous bone replacing the full thickness of the choroid. Vision loss in CO depends on tumor location, serous retinal...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo92d9 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo96f4 Ihab Saad Othman (Giza, Egypt) Advantages: Partial lamellar resection is an advantageous method in diagnosis and management of unusual choroidal tumors. Methods: We present a series of 5 cases of unusual choroidal tumors including uveal hemangiopericytoma, schwannoma, leiomyoma ectopic lacrimal gland tumor, presenting with exudative retinal detachment. Cases...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo92d9 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo96f4 Ihab Saad Othman (Giza, Egypt) Advantages: Brachytherapy is a safe and an effective method in inducing vascular occlusion and flattening of the retina in localized choriodal hemangiomas. Methods: Prospective evaluation of 12 cases of localized choroidal hemangiomas associated with exudative retinal detachment managed by brachytherapy application in a dose of 20...

C Gonzalez Castano, R Salazar Mendes, J Castro Navarro, M Fonolla Gil, A Garcia Alonso, P Rozas Reyes (Oviedo, Spain) Advantages: To confirm the efficacy of laser photocoagulation in retinal capillary hemangioma’s treatment, but also the retinal complications associated to this procedure and to reveal the implications of its diagnosis in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Methods: A male carrier of VHL gene with large-evolution loss...

Rim Kahloun*, Riadh Messaoud, Anis Mahmoud, Salah Jenzeri, Salim Ben Yahia, Moncef Khairallah (Monastir, Tunisia Advantages: To manage serous retinal detachment (SRD) associated with choroidal osteoma and choroidal hemangioma with transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). Methods: Two patients (choroidal ostema 1, choroidal hemangioma 1) presented with serous macular detachment. TTT was applied in one session using 810 nm diode lasers to the...

Sun Mo Yang, Jaeryung Oh (Seoul, South Korea) Although there have been a few reported cases of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma, this is an unusual case of lymphoma presented with vague symptoms and misdiagnosed as conjunctivitis. A 58-year-old woman presented with no specific abnormality in left eye, except simple conjunctivitis. After 10 days she presented again with a complaint of decreased visual acuity, proptosis, and severe ocular pain in...

Ester Nuñez, Francisco J. Ascaso, Beatriz Jimenez, José A. Cristóbal (Zaragoza, Spain) Advantages: Retinal neovascularization is rare in patients with leukemia. To our knowledge, no case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been associated with bilateral proliferative retinopathy. Intravitreal Ranibizumab facilitated the surgery reducing active neovascularization and intraoperative bleeding. Methods: We present the case report of a...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2009/congress/Tumor.flv Authors: Facino Mario, Mochi Benedetto, Giacomelli Fabio, Mosci Carlo, Genoa, Italy Advantages: Exudative retinal detachment is the main cause of visual loss in choroidal malignant melanoma. If not treated, in addition to the loss of visual function of the eye, a high probability of neovascular glaucoma and a high risk of enucleation occur after radiotherapy. Combined radiotherapy and...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2009/congress/Tumor.flv Ihab Saad Mahmoud Othman, MD, FRCS (Glasg), Cairo, Egypt Advantages: Uveal melanoma resection offers a last resort in management of large and extra-large uveal tumors when enucleation remains the only option. Studies have shown no statistical difference in long-term survival between enucleation and surgical resection. Methods: Consecutive prospective case series presenting with iris,...

Wu Liu, Bin Mo, Qian Li (Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China) Advantages: This allows removal of large peripheral retinal capillary hemangioma (RCH) and treatment of the detached retina. Methods: Large peripheral RCH with retinal detachment was treated with vitreoretinal surgery. The techniques included vitrectomy, perfluorocarbon liquid injection, diathermized angiotomy of the feed...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2008/congress/Technique-of-Transscleral-Fine-Needle-Aspiration-Biopsy.flv Tara A. Young, Ben J. Glasgow Advantages: To demonstrate a technique of obtaining adequate sample material from choroidal lesions of unknown origin via a transscleral approach. Methods: After adequate scleral exposure is obtained and transillumination or indirect ophthalmoscopy is used to delineate the borders of the lesion, a 30-gauge...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2008/congress/Biopsy-Technique-for-Cytogenetic-Phenotyping-of-Posterior-Choroidal-Melanoma.flv Javier Elizalde, Bárbara Delás Advantages: As an alternative to fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) monitored by indirect ophthalmoscopy, we present a new method for obtaining a cytologic tumor sample using a surgical microscope and a 25G system at the time of plaque radiotherapy. Methods: Through a three-port 25G...

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http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Acquired-Retinal-Astrocytoma-Managed-with-Endoresection.flv Daniel Vilaplana, MD (Sabadell, Spain), Vladimir Poposki, MD (Barcelona, Spain), Miguel Castilla Cespedes, MD (Barcelona, Spain), Francesc Alameda, MD (Barcelona, Spain), Carol L. Shields, MD (Philadelphia, PA) SYNOPSIS A 49 year old male noted decreased visual acuity in the left eye for 5 months. The visual acuity was 20/200. Endoresection was...

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. ...

Carsten H. Meyer, MD (Marburg, Germany), Jörg C. Schmidt, MD (Marburg, Germany), Stefan Mennel, MD (Marburg, Germany), Peter Kroll, MD (Marburg, Germany) PURPOSE: To determine the vascular morphology of racemose hemangioma and related functional alterations in arteriovenous (AV) malformation type 3. METHODS: A 17-year-old teenager with unilateral racemose hemangioma received a full ophthalmic examination including Snellen visual acuity...

Daniel Vilaplana, MD (Sabadell, Spain), Vladimir Poposki, MD (Barcelona, Spain), Miguel Castilla Cespedes, MD (Barcelona, Spain), Francesc Alameda, MD (Barcelona, Spain), Carol L. Shields, MD (Philadelphia, PA) SYNOPSIS A 49 year old male noted decreased visual acuity in the left eye for 5 months. The visual acuity was 20/200. Endoresection was performed and a low grade astrocytoma was confirmed. Two years later the visual acuity is...

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...

Amy C. Schefler, MD (Miami, FL), Brandy Hayden (Miami, FL), David H. Abramson, MD (New York, NY), Timothy G. Murray, MD (Miami, FL) PURPOSE: This study characterizes the echographic features of optic nerve head melanocytoma as detected by standard 10mHz and high-resolution 20 mHz ophthalmic ultrasound. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of all patients diagnosed with melanocytoma of the optic nerve head was performed for all patients...

Timothy G. Murray, MD (Miami, FL),* Maria Elena Jockovich, PhD (Miami, FL), Yoland Pina, PhD (Miami, FL), Fernando Suarez, (Miami, FL), Sander Dubovy, MD (Miami, FL), Amy Schefler, MD (Miami, FL) PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate blood vessel maturation in the murine transgenic model of retinoblastoma and to correlate with pediatric enucleated retinoblastoma tumors specimens to determine if vessel heterogeneity can be...

Edmund Y.M. Wong, MD (Singapore, Singapore), Boon Kwang Loh, MBBS, MRCS (Singapore, Singapore), Jocelyn Chua, MBBS, MRCS (Singapore, Singapore), Caroline K. Chee, MBBS, FRCSEd, FRCOphth (Singapore, Singapore) PURPOSE: To report the favorable surgical outcome in a rare case of combined hamatoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) extending to the fovea despite reduced amplitudes of foveal and perifoveal preoperative...