Archives of Clinical Ophthalmology

Case Report Open Access

Uhthoff ’s Phenomenon as Presentation of COVID-19 Infection

Pieter Gouws , Alexander Gouws

This is the first reported case of COVID-19 associated optic neuritis (ON) presenting with classic Uhtoff’s phenomenon typically associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Uhthoff phenomenon, also known as Uhthoff sign or syndrome, is a transient worsening of neurological function lasting less than 24 hours that can occur in multiple sclerosis patients due to increases in core body temperature.

Commentary Open Access

Assessment of Visual Function for Education: A Commentary on ‘VEP Visual Acuity in Children with Cortical Visual Impairment’

Alison M Mackay

Last year’s article In the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology [1] highlighted that Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is now the leading cause of visual impairment in the developed world [2]. It also provided a definition of CVI [3,4], and summarized its functional deficits, and methods of assessment. 

Case Series Open Access

Are Women with COVID-19 and Migraine Prone to AMN Type 2?

Maxime Depasse , Marcel PM ten Tusscher , Vincent De La Porte , Robert W Kuijpers

Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN), first described by Bos and Deutman in 1975 [1], is an infrequent yet increasingly diagnosed retinal condition, characterized by the acute onset of persisting paracentral scotomata with capricious vision loss in one or both eyes, associated with (peri)foveal petaloid (wedge-shaped) outer retinal lesions generally accepted to be caused by microvascular damage to the retinal capillary network of the macula [2,3].

Case Report Open Access

Orbital Lymphoproliferative Disorders (OLPDs) in a 3-year-old Child: Case Report and Review of Literature

Caiping Shi , Jia Feng , Sujuan Zhao , Jiao Zhan , Yanhong Ren , Weizhong Gu , Xiaoyu Zheng

Orbital lymphoproliferative disorders (OLPDs) consist of a spectrum of diseases ranging from benign to malignant lesions including reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, atypical lymphoid hyperplasia, and lymphoma. OLPDs rarely present as an orbital mass lesion in children. Accurate discrimination of OLPDs is crucial for treatment planning. We report a case to investigate the clinical and pathological
features of OLPDs in children.

Case Report Open Access

A Rare Case of Vitreous Cyst

Yogesh Kumar , Jatinder Singh Bhalla , Ridhima Sakhuja , Neha Yadav

A patient with a unilateral congenital vitreous cyst attached to the posterior lens capsule is now described, with its photographic appearance.

Case Report Open Access

An Unusual Case of an Open Globe due to Airbag Injury and Scleral Lens Use

Mary K. Wilson , Lee P. Bowman , Jonathan K. Hu , Charles R. Blake

A 30-year-old woman who wears scleral contact lenses for keratoconus was brought to the emergency room after a motor vehicle collision where a deployed airbag hit her left eye. The patient was taken to the operating room for globe exploration and found to have two large scleral lacerations (one superiorly and one temporally) with significant uveal prolapse.