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Cosmetic contact lenses are soft lenses dyed for cosmetic enhancement. Their use has increased over time in Korea, especially among adolescents, but they are associated with certain complications. We compared...
Scleral contact lens is defined as a lens fitted to vault over the entire cornea, including the limbus, and to land on conjunctiva overlying the sclera. Scleral contact lens-associated adverse...
Purpose: Here we report a case of a postoperative cheek cyst arising from the maxillary sinus with orbital involvement.
Case summary: A 56-year-old male presented to our clinic with right periorbital...
Purpose: This report describes a visual field defect associated with atypical posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination.
Case summary: A 25-year-old man presented with visual field...
Purpose: Cyclic esotropia is a rare disease with alternating cycles of recurrent esotropia that has been reported after strabismus surgery, head trauma, and psychological stress. We report a patient who...
Purpose: To investigate the frequency of optic disc hyperfluorescence (ODH) and their association with macular and optic nerve head thickness in patients with active uveitis.
Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included...
Purpose: To report two cases of arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AAION) caused by giant cell arteritis (GCA) that occurred sequentially in both eyes.
Case summary: An 86-year-old man presented with...
Purpose: Human adenoviruses are a major cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. Of over 60 genotypes, subgroup D is associated with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. There are, however, no data regarding the genotypes of...