JAMA Ophthalmology

Interventions for Dry Eye – An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Importance  Dry eye is a common ocular disease that can have substantial morbidity. Systematic reviews provide evidence for dry eye interventions and can be useful for patients, clinicians, and clinical guideline developers. Overviews of reviews use explicit and systematic methods to…

Human Whole-Eye Donation for Research Optimizing Clinical Trial Informed Consent

Importance  Posthumous whole-eye (globe) donations for research lack a mechanism that reinvolves the existing ophthalmic research team of the donor unless there is a preplanned donor directive. Disconnection between the deceased and their research team equates to lost opportunities for the…

Morning Glory Syndrome in a Newborn Aged 2 Weeks

This case report describes a diagnosis of morning glory syndrome in a 2-week-old infant who presented with divergent strabismus, cleft lip, and hypertelorism.

Facial Swelling After External Dacryocystorhinostomy

A 67-year-old woman underwent elective external dacryocystorhinostomy to treat symptomatic nasolacrimal duct obstruction and developed persistent cervicofacial swelling and ecchymoses of the eyelids and cheek. Head computed tomography revealed extensive emphysema throughout the soft tissues of the face and neck….

Postoperative Inflammation After Anterior Segment Surgery

A 71-year-old woman had 2 months of worsening vision and pain in her right eye. Examination revealed retrocorneal plaque, peaking of the pupil, and temporal prominent scleral vessels with inferotemporal scleral thinning. What would you do next?

Multifocal Unilateral Orange Fundus Tumors in a Young Man

A 38-year-old man had an asymptomatic, orange, macular choroidal mass with macular choroidal folds and a retinal pigment epithelial detachment in the right eye and a second orange mass nasal to the optic disc also in the right eye. What…