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A 25-year-old female presented with chronic, nonprogressive, peripheral field loss and nyctalopia. Best corrected visual acuity was 20/20 OU. Fundus photos revealed vessel attenuation and perivenous c...

To review the literature on safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with preseptal ferromagnetic foreign bodies.

A 14-year-old boy with a history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and laser pointer exposure presented with acute central vision loss in both eyes (OU). Visual acuity was 20/30 in the right...

To investigate the localization, distribution, and type of central microaneurysms (MAs) and their relationship with retinal vascular alterations in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Chorioretinal folds (CRFs) are defined as undulations of the choroid and overlying Bruch membrane, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and neurosensory retina and are characterized by alternating light ...

Background: In the digital era, smartphone technology has significantly advanced ocular imaging, allowing for high-resolution anterior segment photography (ASP) to enhance referrals, decision-making, and disease monitoring within clinical workflows. Objective: This exploratory quality-improvement project aims to examine clinician experiences with 4 smartphone-based and slit-lamp–based ASP workflows used in eye casualty and corneal services. Methods: A mixed methods project was conducted at a tertiary eye hospital in England (United Kingdom) between October 21, 2024, and December 6, 2024. The full imaging setups of 4 ASP workflows were evaluated within an established clinical setting: the Magnifier app (a smartphone-based app; Apple Inc), QuikVue smartphone adapter (a smartphone-based camera lens attachment; VisuScience Meditech Co Ltd), NexYZ Slit-Lamp Adapter (a slit-lamp–based attachment; Celestron LLC), and Zeiss Slit Lamp Imaging Solution (ZSLIS; an integrated slit-lamp camera system; Carl Zeiss AG). Ophthalmology residents and corneal fellows completed nonvalidated #usability surveys and participated in one-on-one interviews examining the role of ASP workflows in clinical practice. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Interviews were transcribed and subjected to reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Among 25 survey respondents (17 residents and 8 fellows) and 12 interviewees, clinician-rated assessments of #usability, cost-effectiveness, and clinical utility favored the Magnifier workflow, which received the highest ratings across these domains (19/25, 76%; 23/25, 92%; and 18/25, 72% strongly agreed, respectively). Five themes emerged from qualitative analysis: obstacles to clinical implementation, accessibility, quality and workflow, digital ethics, and innovation. Conclusions: No single ASP workflow proved superior in #usability ratings and interview themes regarding clinical application. However, the use of the Magnifier workflow appeared to offer the most favorable balance of #usability, cost-effectiveness, and clinical utility in clinician-rated assessments, though this reflects the full imaging workflow rather than the app alone. These findings are exploratory and require future work to examine workflow integration, data governance for smartphone imaging, and patient perspectives on ASP workflows.

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To characterize the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) features of flame-shaped epiretinal membranes (ERMs) in patients with and without neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).

To investigate whether specific findings on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with endophthalmitis are correlated with visual prognosis.

To evaluate choroidal morphologic and vascular findings in eyes with circumscribed choroidal hemangioma (CCH) in a 21 mm × 26 mm widefield (WF) OCT-Angiography (OCTA; VG200D: Intalight Inc., San Jose,...

A 32-year-old woman with von Hippel–Lindau disease presented with bilateral retinal hemangioblastomas and 20/25 vision in both eyes. Fundus imaging revealed multiple tumours (Figure 1A and 1B, arrows)...

Pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) is the only oral medication approved for interstitial cystitis by the US Food and Drug Administration since 1996. However, in 2018, the first reports of PPS-associate...

To evaluate the effect of ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) macula and peripapillary perfusion parameters among patients with treated early-to-moderate pr...

Conjunctival nevus presents with elevated lesions, which are accompanied by subepithelial inclusion cysts (pseudocysts) and pigmentation to varying degrees. The intralesional circumscribed hyporeflect...

The purpose of this study was to quantitatively analyze and compare OCT characteristics of intraretinal hyper-reflective foci (IHRF) in eyes with diabetic retinopathy (DR) versus age-related macular d...