{"title":"Presumed fluoxetine maculopathy","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>To report a unique case of a patient who developed simultaneous bilateral maculopathy<span> presumed from intake of fluoxetine. The optic coherence </span></span>tomography<span> (OCT) macular showed a subfoveal disruption in the outer retinal layer in both eyes (OU), higher in the left one (OS). Although reported cases of serotonin recapture inhibitors (SSRIs) Maculopathy so far have been caused by sertraline<span>, fluoxetine shares the biological mechanism, and OCT findings and </span></span></span>ocular symptoms are the same as published. We should be aware with ocular symptoms in patients that take fluoxetine.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 344-346"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140791330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translation, adaptation, and cross-cultural validation of the CDQ-24 scale in patients with primary blepharospasm under botulinum toxin treatment, pilot test","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Benign essential blepharospasm<span><span> (BEB) is the most common adult-onset focal facial dystonia and its treatment of choice is periodic application of </span>botulinum toxin (BtA). It has a higher incidence in middle and late adulthood, especially in women between 40 and 60 years of age.</span></p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To carry out the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the CDQ24 questionnaire in its Spanish version in patients diagnosed with BEB who have been treated with BtA in an ophthalmologic center in Bogotá - Colombia.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>Pilot test of validation study and adaptation of a scale assembled in a prospective cohort of the CDQ24 instrument to Spanish in adult patients with primary blepharospasm treated with botulinum toxin in Bogota, Colombia.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>We obtained a sample of 26 patients to whom the instrument was applied after translation and retranslation of the original document, composed of 19 (73%) women with a median age of 64.5 years; the average time to answer the survey was 4.93 min. The internal consistency<span> of the scale evaluated by Cronbach's Alpha had a total score of 0.78. </span></span>Criterion validity<span> between the CDQ24 scale and the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life scale was determined by determining correlation between the Emotional Well-Being and Phsychological domains of both scales.</span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the CDQ-24 scale into Spanish allowed the applicability of the instrument to the Spanish-speaking population during the pilot test, which allows us to continue the relevant studies in the study population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 317-322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141328118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tribute to John Tyndall on the 130th anniversary of his death","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 315-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140779079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Venous tortuosity in the O’Donnel-Luria-Rodan syndrome (ODLURO): A study with Swept-Source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 361-362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141433584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epithelial inclusion cyst secondary to glaucoma surgery: A case series","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.05.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.05.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Epithelial inclusion cysts (EIC) are a rare ocular disease and its physiopathology<span> is not well-known. They consist on growths of ocular surface<span> epithelial cells inside the anterior segment of the eye in the form of a cyst. To date several cases have been published in the literature, none of them related to glaucoma surgery. We describe two cases of EIC after glaucoma devices implantation. An 86 year-old male patient with </span></span></span>primary open angle glaucoma<span><span><span> develop an EIC in right eye three years after removal of PRESERFLO™ MicroShunt (Santen, Osaka, Japan) and a 9 year-old female patient with glaucoma secondary<span> to uveitis for </span></span>juvenile idiopathic arthritis develops an EIC under the tube of an Ahmed valve implant during </span>postoperative period. EIC develop after ocular penetrating wounds and an inflammatory stimulus. They are benign proliferations, follow-up is necessary to detect space complications early, so less mutilating surgery is needed for removal.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 356-358"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacological treatments for the correction of presbyopia","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Presbyopia affects between 1.7 and 2 billion people worldwide. Presbyopia significantly impacts productivity and quality of life in both developed and developing countries. During accommodation, the human eye changes its dioptric power by altering the shape of the lens, but the exact nature of this change has not been fully explained. Recently, topical treatments have been marketed for the treatment of presbyopia and others are under investigation.</p><p>In order to prepare a review of these novel therapies, we searched the major biomedical search engines. We found 15 randomized clinical trials<span> and 12 reviews that met our review criteria. There are two different strategies for this purpose, the pinhole effect that increases depth of focus and “crystalline lens relaxation” for which parasympathetic mimetics and lens oxidation intermediates have been used. The results are generally favorable in terms of improvement of near visual acuity, although the follow-up period of the studies is short. These are novel strategies in the early stages of research that could be useful in the treatment of presbyopia.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 331-339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140775990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cicatrizing keratoconjunctivitis secondary to ocular lichen planus: A case report","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span>The aim of this article is to report clinical features and therapeutic approach of cicatrizing keratoconjunctivitis secondary to ocular </span>lichen planus based on a case report. The patient is a 77-year-old female with a history of ocular discomfort and recurrent keratoconjunctivitis that did not improve with conservative treatment, as well as a history of oral and nasal </span>aphthous ulcers. After a complete ophthalmologic, </span>dermatologic<span> and anatomopathological study, the diagnosis of ocular lichen planus was established and immunosuppressive treatment was initiated.</span></p><p>Most cases of ocular lichen planus are presented as chronic cicatricial conjunctivitis<span>. A correct differential diagnosis, as well as an early detection are essential for the control of this entity and its sequelae<span>. Treatment, based on corticosteroids and immunosuppressants, both topical and systemic, is aimed at controlling inflammation and scarring.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 340-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140793819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emulsified silicone oil in anterior chamber","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 359-360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141433580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostic and therapeutic complexity of Susac syndrome","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 40-year-old man who attended the emergency department<span> with a scotoma<span><span><span> in right eye. He mentioned hearing difficulties and headache for months and he had sensory and motor deficits in the previous days. In the </span>ophthalmic examination, the right eye had areas of </span>arterial occlusion<span>. MRI revealed hyperintense lesions. The patient was diagnosed with Susac syndrome.</span></span></span></p><p><span>He was treated with systemic steroids, however, it was not enough to control the condition. Rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulins were added, which allowed the improvement of </span>neurological symptoms, but the alteration of the visual field and the hearing defect did not recover.</p><p>Early diagnosis of this pathology is essential, since delaying treatment can cause irreversible consequences. Sometimes it is difficult given the wide variety of symptoms and the course of the disease. Ocular manifestations may raise suspicion when the general symptoms are nonspecific.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 347-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140869650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rasch validation of the Keratoconus End-Points Assessment Questionnaire in a Spanish population with keratoconus","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.05.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oftale.2024.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To carry out a methodologically complete validation of the Spanish version of the Keratoconus End-Points Assessment Questionnaire (KEPAQ) in a Spanish population with keratoconus.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p><span><span><span>Analytical, prospective study, including patients with keratoconus without previous surgical history, in which a measurement of </span>quality of life was performed using the KEPAQ questionnaire, a complete exploration of the anterior pole and a corneal elevation topography with the Galilei G6 topographer. The evaluation of the </span>psychometric characteristics of the scale in the studied population was carried out using </span>Rasch modeling.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 140 patients with keratoconus were included, with a median age of 26.0 years, the majority (57.6%) being men. For the KEPAQ-E subscale, the median score was 69.3, with a reliability of 0.85 and an eigenvalue of the first contrast of 2.34. For the KEPAQ-F, the median score was 56.4, with a reliability of 0.88 and an eigenvalue of 2.00. All infit and outfit parameters were within normal limits for both subscales. A significant evaluation was found between the evaluations of both subscales (rho = 0.696; <em>p</em> < 0.001). The evaluations of the subscales and various clinical and tomographic characteristics showed a significant classification between them (<em>p</em> value between 0.048 y 0.001).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The KEPAQ is a psychometrically robust and valid scale to evaluate quality of life in the Spanish population with keratoconus. This questionnaire can be easily used for both clinical and research aims.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93886,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia","volume":"99 8","pages":"Pages 323-330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141072350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}