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Fulltext Macular branch retinal vein occlusion: a revisit and case report

Azhan, A., Mutasim, H., Abdul-Hadi, R., Khairul-Anwar, I., Zunaina, E.

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 2018;3(2):18-21.
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Macular branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), a type of retinal vein occlusion, is rarely recognised as a distinct entity. Macular BRVO has unique clinical features and different natural courses than the major BRVO. We report a case of a young patient with macular BRVO with macular oedema who was successfully treated with intravitreal ranibizumab injection. A 43 year-old Chinese man with no underlying medical illness presented with 2 weeks history of left eye painless reduced central vision which was worsening over time. On examination, his left eye visual acuity was 6/30 and Amsler chart drawing showed a lower central scotoma. Dilated fundus examination found marked flame-shaped retinal hemorrhages with cotton wool spot over the superior macular area bounded superiorly by superior arcade and macular thickening. An optical coherence tomography revealed cystoid macular oedema; and fundus fluorescein angiography showed occlusion of a small venous branch draining a superior part of macula to superior temporal venous arcade. A complete medical investigation found that he has hypertriglyceridemia and he was managed accordingly. His vision had improved to 6/6 after receiving 3 injections of intravitreal ranibizumab with no residual central scotoma and complete resolution of macular oedema.
Fulltext Acute Proptosis in a Diabetic Patient: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas

Khairul-Anwar I, Tai E, Hussein A, Zunaina E

Cureus, 2021 Jun;13(6):e15580.
PMID: 34277202 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.15580

An elderly diabetic lady presented with a painful swollen right eye and blurred vision for one week, preceded by right eye redness for six months. Her right eye best-corrected visual acuity was finger counting at 1 m. There was right eye proptosis, limited extraocular muscle movements, corkscrew vessels, chemosis and elevated intraocular pressure, but no bruit. Fever was absent. Computed tomography of the brain and orbit showed thickened extraocular muscles and intraconal fat streakiness, with normal superior ophthalmic vein and concavity of the cavernous sinus. Intravenous antibiotics resulted in limited clinical improvement. The subsequent response to oral prednisolone was dramatic, with the improvement of visual acuity to 20/60 after three doses. In cases of atypical orbital cellulitis where antibiotics fail, one should consider differential diagnoses such as orbital inflammatory disease, vascular anomalies and masqueraders. We discuss the approach to the diagnosis of acute proptosis in a diabetic patient and highlight the role of corticosteroids in idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease.
Evaluation of TNF-α and IL-6 in saliva among diabetic retinopathy patients in East Coast Malaysia

Khairul-Anwar I, Wan-Nazatul-Shima S, Siti-Lailatul-Akmar Z, Siti-Azrin AH, Zunaina E

Trop Med Int Health, 2022 Jan 19.
PMID: 35048479 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13724

OBJECTIVE: To compare tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) and interleukin (IL)-6 levels in saliva between different stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR).
METHODS: This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2018 and November 2020. This study included diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with no DR, non-proliferative DR (NPDR), and proliferative DR (PDR). None of the patients with DM were included in the control group. Unstimulated saliva samples were then collected. TNF-α and IL-6 levels were measured.
RESULTS: Altogether, 120 patients were included in the study (DM without DR, 33 patients; DM with NPDR, 30 patients; DM with PDR, 32 patients; non-DM, 25 patients). The mean IL-6 level in saliva was significantly higher in the DM group (0.033 ± 0.005 pg/ml) than in the non-DM group (0.027 ± 0.001 pg/ml) (p

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