Glaucoma & Cataract, Prof. Eytan Blumenthal

For Physicians

A Two-Compartment Model Of The Human Retina

Sisak S, Banin E, Blumenthal EZ. Med Hypotheses. 2004;62(5):808-16. Department of Ophthalmology, Brasov County Hospital, Brasov, Romania. ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: In this article we question a basic concept in retinal pathology, which views the retina as composed primarily of neural elements, in a single compartment. METHODS: We suggest an alternative approach, centering on the epithelial-glial elements […]

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Photo Quiz: Painful Red Eye After Surgery

Am Fam Physician. 2004  1;70(1):155-156.   A patient presented to the emergency department with blurred vision, eye pain, and redness after corneal graft transplantation (Figure 1, note the radial black sutures). On physical examination, the patient had a painful red eye and decreased visual acuity. Slit-lamp examination (Figure 1, thick arrows show vertical line of slit-lamp illumination) revealed an intense

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Photo Quiz: Abnormal Ocular Findings

Am Fam Physician. 2003 Sep 1;68(5):933-934.   A 78-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes of 15 years’ duration presented for a regular checkup. Abnormal ocular fundus findings were seen bilaterally, as shown in Figure 1. She complained of mild blurred vision (visual acuity was 20/40 in both eyes), and she mentioned that she had previously been diagnosed with “early

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