Ultrasonography in Ophthalmology XV: Proceedings of the 15th SIDUO Congress, Cortina, Italy 1994

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Congenital glaucoma. The importance of echometry in its diagnosis, treatment and functional outcome....Pages 1-47
Characteristics and diagnostic potential of echo enhancers based on galactose....Pages 49-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
New generation echography and macular edema....Pages 59-63
Chorioretinal folds and tumors: echographic study....Pages 65-67
Scleral support on progressive myopic eyes. Short-time follow-up....Pages 69-74
Echographical and radiological examination of intraocular calcifications....Pages 75-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Echographic and immunohistochemical aspects in a case of pleomorphic adenocarcinoma of the ciliary body....Pages 85-92
Measurement of tumour height and base diameter in choroidal melanoma. Comparison between ultrasonography and histology....Pages 93-100
Chorioretinal solid tumor: clinical and echographic study....Pages 101-106
Uveal melanoma conservative surgery: echography pre- and post-surgery....Pages 107-112
Classic and anomalous standardized A-scan patterns of choroidal nevi elevated up to 3.5 mm....Pages 113-123
Choroidal hemangioma in the posterior pole: management and follow-up in a clinical case....Pages 125-131
An atypical intraocular tumor: echographic study....Pages 133-135
Choroidal osteoma — clinics and ultrasonography....Pages 137-145
Acoustic features of two unusually elevated peripheral retinal capillary hemangiomas....Pages 147-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
A new apparatus for the study of anterior segment disorders: the ultrasound biomicroscope....Pages 155-162
Correlation of corneal thickness with blood glucose control in diabetes mellitus....Pages 163-167
Two tumors of different origin in the anterior segment of a blind eye. Standardized echography with the immersion technique and histological findings....Pages 169-177
Ultrasound biomicroscopy and laser treatment....Pages 179-184
Ultrasound biomicroscopy in the study of glaucoma....Pages 185-190
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Preoperative standardized echography in penetrating keratoplasty combined with extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation....Pages 191-199
The usefulness of echography before and after Osteo-Odonto-Kerato-Prosthesis....Pages 201-205
Corneal topography pachymetry....Pages 207-211
Echographic evaluation of the Ahmed valves....Pages 213-218
Echographic and tomographic evaluation of Molteno and Baerveldt implants in three children....Pages 219-223
Reliability of ultrasound biomicroscopic measurements of the anterior segment....Pages 225-231
A dynamic study of accommodation using ultrasound biomicroscopy....Pages 233-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Detached retina vs. dense fibrovascular membrane: A-scan and B-scan signs for the differential diagnosis with standardized echography....Pages 243-262
A-B scan echographic imaging in a case of Terson’s syndrome....Pages 263-268
Echographic findings in ‘brawny’ scleritis. A ten-year follow-up....Pages 269-275
Echographic diagnosis of acute retinal necrosis....Pages 277-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Orbit lymphoma: echographic findings — our experience....Pages 287-292
Merkel cell carcinoma: an echographic study....Pages 293-302
Neurilemmoma (neuroma) of the infraorbital nerve....Pages 303-307
Early diagnosis of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma by ultrasonography....Pages 309-314
Echographic patterns of neurofibromatosis — 1....Pages 315-322
Standardized echography in Recklinghausen’s neurofibromatosis with congenital glaucoma....Pages 323-329
Standardized echography in diagnosing orbital tumors: our experience with cases verified with echo-assisted fine needle aspiration....Pages 331-342
Preliminary report of echographic findings in a case believed to be a meningocele of the right orbit, examined with standardized echography....Pages 343-343
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Basedowian ophthalmopathy: diagnostic criteria and new therapeutical prospectives....Pages 347-353
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Echographic and electrophysiologic examinations in endocrine orbitopathy....Pages 355-359
Dynamic echography of extraocular muscles....Pages 361-364
A new approach to the study of Graves’ ophthalmopathy: standardized A-scan echography and octreotide scintigraphy as possible parameters for disease activity....Pages 365-370
Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: a new sign....Pages 371-376
Ultrasound diagnostics of lacrimal sac diseases....Pages 377-382
Intraorbital wooden foreign body: wood can be isodense with air by computed tomography....Pages 383-389
Echographic features of the benign osteolytic lesions of the orbit in pediatric patients....Pages 391-391
Dilated orbital veins. A clinical series with emphasis on ultrasound findings....Pages 393-398
Front Matter....Pages 399-399
Personalized intraocular lens power calculation. Importance of the optical profile....Pages 401-407
Biopen, Ophthascan S and Biovision: comparison between the various biometric measurements....Pages 409-414
Unexpected ametropia after intraocular lens implantation: The role of different factors of ultrasound biometry and surgery....Pages 415-420
On the importance of the ratio between axial eye length and corneal curvature radius for intraocular lens prediction after cataract surgery. Further investigations, with the emphasis on low-ratio eyes....Pages 421-425
Corneal power choice for lens calculation in keratoplasty with cataract extraction and lens implantation....Pages 427-430
Age-related changes of axial length and configuration of progressive myopic eyes....Pages 431-436
Measurement and prediction of the postoperative anterior chamber depth for intraocular lenses of different shape and material....Pages 437-447
Echobiometric and morphometric study of the orbit and eyeball of the neonate. Possible pathogenesis of essential infantile esotropia....Pages 449-456
Intraoperative axial length biometry in esotropia surgery....Pages 457-463
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Spectral maps from intraocular tumors by a new imaging technique using a modified echographic B-mode instrument....Pages 467-474
Methods in the echographic study of ocular tumors: indices of clinical follow-up of the disease....Pages 475-482
Acoustic characteristics of the eye lens....Pages 483-496
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Bacterial contamination of ultrasound probes....Pages 497-501
Color Doppler and 3D. New techniques in eye and orbit investigation....Pages 503-507
B-Scan color Doppler techniques in arterial/vein fistula....Pages 509-516
A case of reversed flow of ophthalmic artery confirmed by color Doppler imaging....Pages 517-522
Obstruction of the superior ophthalmic vein assessed by the colour Doppler imaging technique — value in differential diagnostics....Pages 523-528
Color Doppler imaging of orbital arteries in ischemic ocular syndrome....Pages 529-534
Pilomatrixoma of the eyebrow....Pages 535-540
Colour Doppler imaging of endocrine ophthalmopathy....Pages 541-543
Color Doppler imaging in patients with unilateral glaucoma....Pages 545-548
Color Doppler imaging in orbital and ocular tumors....Pages 549-555
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Optical pits and (other) acoustic fistulas. True B-scan findings or artifacts? An ultrasonic report on six patients....Pages 559-564
Combination of increased intracranial pressure and optic nerve compression in a patient with multiple meningiomas detected with standardized echography....Pages 565-570
Compressive optic neuropathy: echographic study in retrobulbar optic neuritis....Pages 571-573
Standardised echography in optic neuritis....Pages 575-585
New results about the echographic examination of the optic nerve. Experimental and clinical investigations....Pages 587-596
Back Matter....Pages 597-602