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Case Rep Ophthalmol 2022 May-Aug;13(2):414-418. Epub 2022 May 31.

Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

A 70-year-old woman was urgently referred for neuro-ophthalmic evaluation when a routine visual field test demonstrated a pattern of bilateral nasal hemianopia. Detailed inspection of the visual field study revealed the hemianopias to be artifactual for the following reasons: (1) it was performed with an excessive number of false positive responses; (2) the grey scale plot had white patches, consistent with abnormally high sensitivity; (3) the total deviation probability maps were normal, indicating that no tested points had poor scores. Confrontational visual field testing was normal in all zones for both eyes. Read More

J Neuroimmunol 2022 06 26;367:577851. Epub 2022 Mar 26.

Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia; Sydney Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Sydney, Australia.

Neuro-sarcoidosis has important ophthalmic and neuro-ophthalmic manifestations. Sarcoidosis most commonly affects the uveal tract (iris, ciliary body, and choroid) however the optic nerve is commonly involved. Sarcoid related optic neuritis is an important differential diagnosis in optic neuritis especially in atypical presentations. Read More

J Am Vet Med Assoc 2021 12 21;260(4):422-427. Epub 2021 Dec 21.

Objective: To document ocular findings in cats with blastomycosis.

Animals: 35 cats with blastomycosis.

Procedures: Medical records from 1978 through 2019 were reviewed to identify cats with confirmed Blastomyces infection. Read More

J Neuroophthalmol 2021 12;41(4):452-460

Department of Radiology (M. Marsiglia), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Neurology (BKC), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Ophthalmology (BKC), Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Department of Radiology/Division of Neuroradiology (M. Maher), University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Background: To review the literature and provide a summary of COVID-19-related neurologic and neuro-ophthalmic complications.

Methods: The currently available literature was reviewed on PubMed and Google Scholar using the following keywords for searches: CNS, Neuro-Ophthalmology, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, optic neuritis, pseudotumor cerebri, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), meningitis, encephalitis, acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy, and Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes.

Results: Neuroradiologic findings of neurologic and neuro-ophthalmologic complications in relationship to COVID-19 infection were reviewed. Read More

Taiwan J Ophthalmol 2021 Jul-Sep;11(3):232-243. Epub 2021 Aug 28.

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic since December 2019. Although COVID-19 primarily affects the respiratory systems, it has become abundantly clear that it involves multiple organs including the heart, kidney, skin, and brain. Neuro-ophthalmic signs and anterior segment inflammation of the eyes were documented in COVID-19 patients recently. Read More