Ali Osman Gundogan, Selman Belviranli, Ali Tezcan, Nazmi Zengin
{"title":"Triglyceride Glucose Index: A Potential Indicator in the Evaluation of Graves Ophthalmopathy.","authors":"Ali Osman Gundogan, Selman Belviranli, Ali Tezcan, Nazmi Zengin","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002667","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002667","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine the relationship between Graves ophthalmopathy (GO) and triglyceride glucose index (TGI) and to evaluate the predictive importance of this index in terms of GO activity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included 20 inactive GO patients, 20 active GO patients, and 20 healthy controls. TGI was calculated using fasting plasma triglyceride and fasting plasma glucose levels and values were compared between the groups. The receiver operating characteristics curve was used to calculate the optimal TGI cutoff value and the sensitivity and specificity of this value between active and inactive GO groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant difference was detected between the groups in terms of age and gender ( p = 0.561 and p = 0.762, respectively). TGI value was 8.49 (8.41, 8.67) in the control group, 8.76 (8.74, 8.87) in the inactive GO group, and 9.06 (8.87, 9.08) in the active GO group ( p < 0.001 for control group vs. inactive GO group; p < 0.001 for control group vs. active GO group; p = 0.001 for inactive GO group vs. active GO group). The optimal receiver operating characteristics cutoff value of TGI between active and inactive GO groups was 8.86 with 85% sensitivity and 75% specificity (area under curve: 0.837, p < 0.001, 95% confidence interval: 0.711-0.964).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TGI was higher in both inactive and active GO patients compared with controls. It also appears that TGI may be used as a predictive marker indicating GO activity. This cheap and easily accessible parameter may be beneficial in detecting the disease and monitoring its activity in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141076454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Full-Thickness Eyelid Wedge Replantation Following Avulsion From a Human Bite.","authors":"Alisha Kamboj, Lorick E Andersen","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002704","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002704","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Atsushi Tada, Yuko Ono, Takayoshi Kojima, Shigeki Machida
{"title":"Intratarsal Keratinous Cyst at the Eyelid Margin: A Case Report.","authors":"Atsushi Tada, Yuko Ono, Takayoshi Kojima, Shigeki Machida","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002756","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An uncommon case of an intratarsal keratinous cyst at the lid margin is described in a 73-year-old Asian man using long-term antiglaucoma eye drops. There was no history of trauma or surgery of the upper eyelid. A yellow solid mass attached to the tarsal plate had been located there for about 3 years. It imitated a sebaceous gland carcinoma or steatocystoma simplex. Excision biopsy showed cystic formation and leaked yellow creamy substance without hair. Histopathological and immunological findings helped make the diagnosis of an intratarsal keratinous cyst. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of an intratarsal keratinous cyst at the lid margin.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11527369/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrick J Hunt, Jeel Mehta, Matthew R Ehrenburg, Daniela P Reyes-Capó, Chen Chen, Arthur Zieske, Yuli Zu, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Michael T Yen, Stephen C Pflugfelder
{"title":"Orbital Richter Transformation With Subsequent Orbital MALT-type Lymphoma in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.","authors":"Patrick J Hunt, Jeel Mehta, Matthew R Ehrenburg, Daniela P Reyes-Capó, Chen Chen, Arthur Zieske, Yuli Zu, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Michael T Yen, Stephen C Pflugfelder","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002719","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002719","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 74-year-old man with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presented with large salmon-colored patch lesions along the inferior fornix and superotemporal conjunctiva of the OS. The patient underwent an incisional biopsy of the lesions, which showed a CLL with areas of large B-cell lymphoma, consistent with Richter transformation. Following medical and radiation-based therapy of these lesions, the patient returned 3 months later with inferomedial preseptal swelling in the contralateral eye, which biopsy proved to be recurrent/resistant low-grade CLL with a posttreatment extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma pattern. This case exemplifies a rare presentation of CLL with Richter transformation and a recurrent/resistant posttreatment orbital CLL with a marginal zone B-cell lymphoma-like pattern.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141971555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastiaan W F van Meyel, Robert M Verdijk, Nele Therssen, Dion Paridaens
{"title":"A Rare Case of Subconjunctival Nerve Sheath Myxoma Presenting as Orbital Fat Prolapse.","authors":"Sebastiaan W F van Meyel, Robert M Verdijk, Nele Therssen, Dion Paridaens","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002752","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002752","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nerve sheath myxomas are extremely rare myxoid peripheral nerve sheath tumors with a predilection for the distal extremities, particularly common in the fingers and knees. Here, the authors report a 60-year-old male patient with a subconjunctival epibulbar nerve sheath myxoma, which was clinically diagnosed as an orbital fat prolapse. The lesion was successfully debulked without clinical recurrence over more than 3 years. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case with subconjunctival presentation and fourth orbital reported case.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11527371/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristen E Park, Sarah Guo, Preeya Mehta, Joy Li, Alice Shen, Christine L Bokman, Jessica R Chang, Sandy Zhang-Nunes
{"title":"An Analysis of Surgical Factors Associated With Clinically Significant Eyelid Edema (CSEE) in Patients Undergoing Blepharoplasty: Lid Crease Techniques Associated with CSEE.","authors":"Kristen E Park, Sarah Guo, Preeya Mehta, Joy Li, Alice Shen, Christine L Bokman, Jessica R Chang, Sandy Zhang-Nunes","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002702","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Severe postoperative edema after eyelid surgery can have negative clinical and psychological effects. In this study, the authors investigated whether surgical factors, including surgical techniques and suture type, were associated with clinically significant eyelid edema (CSEE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A chart review was performed on 269 patients who underwent upper eyelid blepharoplasty with or without external levator advancement by 2 surgeons at a single institution between January 2021 and December 2022. Postoperative photos were graded by 2 physicians for eyelid edema using a standardized grading scale ranging from 0 (no edema) to 3 (severe edema). CSEE was defined either as having a grade of 3 at any point postoperatively or any grade that was 1 or greater after 90 days postoperatively. Logistic regression controlling for race was used for analysis; the statistical significance level was defined as p < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 269 patients, 56 developed CSEE. Of those who underwent blepharoplasty with mini crease enhancement (closure with every other bite incorporating levator aponeurosis), 40.5% developed CSEE versus 12.5% of those without ( p < 0.001). Patients with lid crease formation using buried interrupted sutures had greater CSEE than those with externalized interrupted sutures removed at 1 week (43.8% versus 11.5%, p < 0.01). There was no increased risk of CSEE with additional procedures performed versus blepharoplasty alone.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients who underwent blepharoplasty with mini crease enhancement, where more than 4 sutures are placed from skin to levator, and/or had buried suture lid crease formation had greater rates of CSEE.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140899297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina S Lim, Sonali Nagendran, Catriona Neville, Charles Nduka, Ruben Kannan, Raman Malhotra
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Facial Exercise Therapy in Ophthalmic Complications of Facial Nerve Palsy and the CADS Grading Scale as an Ophthalmic-Specific Grading System.","authors":"Christina S Lim, Sonali Nagendran, Catriona Neville, Charles Nduka, Ruben Kannan, Raman Malhotra","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002700","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The effectiveness of facial exercise therapy in facial nerve palsy is well documented in the literature. However, there is no study examining its effect on ophthalmic manifestations of facial nerve palsy. The study reports its impact on the ophthalmic manifestations of facial nerve palsy using the ophthalmic-specific CADS grading system.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective case series of patients aged 18 years or older with facial nerve palsy was performed in a single specialist center between 2013 and 2019. Inclusion criteria were ophthalmic involvement, recorded CADS, and Sunnybrook grading scale pre- and post-treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 73 patients were identified. There were 24 patients (M = 11, F = 13) who received facial exercise therapy only (group 1) and 49 patients (M = 17, F = 32) who received combined treatment of facial exercise therapy and eyelid surgery (group 2). The mean ages were 54.8 and 49.7 years, respectively. The groups were further subdivided into early (<3 months), intermediate (3-12 months), and late presenters (>12 months). In group 1, statistically significant improvements were seen in early (static asymmetry and dynamic function), intermediate (cornea), and late groups (cornea, static asymmetry, and dynamic function). The Sunnybrook grading scale was unable to detect changes in the ophthalmic features post-therapy or to report the corneal status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Facial exercise therapy is likely to improve ophthalmic manifestations of facial nerve palsy, in particular, those with static asymmetry and dynamic function of eye closure. The CADS grading scale is more suitable for the ophthalmic assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140896176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arzu Taskiran Comez, Asli Kirmaci Kabakci, Elif Hazal Livan Turkoglu
{"title":"Long-term Results of Punctoplasty With Canalicular Triangular Flap in Punctal Stenosis.","authors":"Arzu Taskiran Comez, Asli Kirmaci Kabakci, Elif Hazal Livan Turkoglu","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002701","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim was to describe the punctoplasty technique with canalicular triangular flap, and present the long-term results of the technique in patients with inferior punctal stenosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The files of the patients who were diagnosed with punctal stenosis grade 0, 1, and 2 and underwent a canalicular triangular flap were evaluated retrospectively. The study was approved by the local ethical committee of the University of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul. The demographic data, symptoms, prior interventions, punctal stenosis grading, associated eye pathologies, fluorescein clearance test, Munk score, and follow-up time were recorded. The puncta were evaluated biomicroscopically, and photographs were taken at each visit. The patients with at least 6 months of follow-up were included in the study. The loss of epiphora symptom, positive dye disappearance, and puncti ≥grade 3 opening were accepted as a success.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A hundred and nine inferior puncti of 64 patients with symptoms of epiphora and punctal stenosis diagnosis were included in the study. Thirteen eyes were excluded as they were diagnosed to have punctal atresia or canalicular stenosis of a variable degree beyond punctum. The rest 96 eyes of 55 patients-65 eyes of 36 females and 31 eyes of 19 males-were included in the study as having pure punctal stenosis. The mean age of the patients was 64.3 ± 9.01 years (40-88 years). Forty-one patients had bilateral and 14 patients had unilateral punctal stenosis. Sixty-six were grade 1, and 30 were grade 2. Epiphora was the most commonly reported symptom.The mean follow-up time was 21.17 ± 10.5 months (6-46 months). In 76 (79.1%) eyes of 96, Munk score was 0 and in 15 (15.6%) eyes, Munk score was 1. Anatomical success as having puncta larger than grade 2 was recorded in 97.9%, and functional success was recorded in 94.6% of anatomically successful eyes. No restenosis was recorded in any punctum.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although the techniques of 1-snip, 2-snip, 3-snip, and 4-snip punctoplasty are performed with variable success rates in punctal stenosis patients, there is always a risk of restenosis due to the incision of the flap and unpredictability of the way the tissues will epithelize. In the canalicular triangular flap technique, the canalicular mucosal flap is preserved, and the continuity of the lacrimal mucosa with conjunctiva is provided, which utilizes appropriate re-epithelization of the wound edges, resulting in a wide punctal opening for the upper lacrimal system in the long term.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140899307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bilateral Dacryocystoceles in Congenital Arhinia.","authors":"Lisa Y Lin, Carolina A Chiou, Nahyoung Grace Lee","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002724","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Congenital arhinia is a rare anomaly characterized by a syndrome called Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome. A 22-year-old woman with a history of congenital arhinia presented with bilateral discharge and enlarged bilateral lacrimal sacs, with imaging consistent with bilateral dacryocystoceles and complete absence of nasal structures. This is the first case in the literature that describes surgical management of bilateral dacryocystoceles in a patient with Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141082220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solitary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Palpebral Conjunctiva Presenting as Leukoplakia: Case and Review of Literature.","authors":"Tal J Rubinstein, Adam J Bennett, Preeti H Parekh","doi":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002713","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IOP.0000000000002713","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 69-year-old male presented with a superior palpebral conjunctival white leukoplakic lesion. Excisional biopsy showed Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Positron emission tomography scanning revealed no lesions beyond this site. Native Langerhans cells are known to exist in the conjunctiva, yet only a few cases in the literature have described Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the conjunctiva, mostly in children. Conjunctival Langerhans cell histiocytosis has rarely been reported in an adult as leukoplakia. The authors advocate excisional biopsy for palpebral conjunctival Langerhans cell histiocytosis in older patients if the morbidity of closure is minimal, in addition to surveillance for multifocal disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":19588,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141620602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}