American journal of ophthalmology
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To present clinical and histologic findings of intraocular infection with Mycobacterium bovis-bacille Calmette-Guérin after intravesicular bacille Calmette-Guérin injections for treatment of bladder carcinoma. ⋯ Delayed endogenous endophthalmitis may develop after intravesicular bacille Calmette-Guérin injection that may not respond to systemic agents. Intravitreal therapy may be indicated.
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To evaluate the interval between removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade and retinal redetachment after pars plana vitrectomy, and to investigate factors influencing the length of the interval. ⋯ The risk of retinal redetachment decreases steeply with increasing time after silicone oil removal. Three to 5 months after oil removal, retinal redetachment becomes unlikely. The time of retinal redetachment is statistically independent of the method of silicone oil removal, refractive error, time between the preceding pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil removal, visual acuity before silicone oil removal, type of anesthesia, and gender and age of the patents. These data may be important for scheduling reexaminations and for counseling patients in their planned activities after removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade.
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To describe a patient with an oculomotor nerve schwannoma who had symptoms of ophthalmoplegic migraine. ⋯ This case illustrates that an intrinsic lesion of the oculomotor nerve (schwannoma) may be associated with a painful relapsing-remitting oculomotor palsy mimicking the clinical syndrome of ophthalmoplegic migraine.
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To describe the clinical manifestations and confocal microscopic findings in a patient with delayed mustard gas keratopathy. ⋯ Mustard gas keratopathy is a uncommon cause of ocular damage, but it may lead to delayed ocular damage.
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To describe a patient who developed bilateral subconjunctival and orbital emphysema after an automobile tire explosion. ⋯ Subconjunctival and orbital emphysema can occur from high-pressure air injury in the absence of an obvious entry site.