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Fulltext Bilateral Panuveitis in a Case of Ocular Sarcoidosis

Payman, A.K., Tajunisah, I., Ahmad, F.

International Medical Journal Malaysia, 2008;7(1):0-0.

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Glaucoma is a major cause of permanent visual loss in patients with sarcoid uveitis.In this case glaucoma occurred early in the course of the disease and IOP started to rise up after one month from the initial presentation. Uveitic glaucoma can be extremely difficult to treat; pilocarpine is not normally used in eyes with active inflammation. Patients with uveitis respond poorly to laser trabeculoplasty, and filtering procedures usually fail. Success of modified goniotomy, trabeculectomy and Molteno valve implantation were reported. More drastic therapy, such as cyclodestructive procedures, may be required in the most severe cases. In this case the challenge in preserving the vision. by keeping the balance between the need to control the inflammation and the necessity to avoid the treatment related complications.

Malignant hypertension with papilledema

Tajunisah I, Patel DK

J Emerg Med, 2013 Jan;44(1):164-5.

PMID: 21820265 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.042

Valsalva haemorrhagic retinopathy after push-ups

Hassan M, Tajunisah I

Lancet, 2011 Feb 5;377(9764):504.

PMID: 21255827 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60677-0

Minimally invasive image-guided removal of retrobulbar intraconal foreign body

Vairavan N, Tajunisah I, Subrayan V, Waran V

Orbit, 2009;28(6):442-3.

PMID: 19929682 DOI: 10.3109/01676830903103365

Surgical approaches are becoming increasingly minimally invasive, without compromising either safety or ease. Penetrating ocular foreign bodies has traditionally been approached either by intraocular or supraorbital access. We successfully attempted a minimally invasive approach to remove a retrobulbar foreign body under computer-assisted image guidance in a 19-year-old man involved in an industrial mishap.

Fulltext Images in clinical medicine. Retinal detachment in malignant hypertension

Tajunisah I, Patel DK

N Engl J Med, 2009 Aug 27;361(9):899.

PMID: 19710488 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm0802683

Reddy SC, Tajunisah I

Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie), 2008;40(1):39-44.

PMID: 18556981

Fifty-six contact lens-related corneal ulcers (central in 32; hypopyon in 24 and stromal abscess in 6) were studied. Culture was positive in 78.9%. Corneal ulcers healed with intense antibiotic therapy in nearly all patients. Increased awareness of lens care/disinfection and frequent replacement of storage cases and solution, and early detection of pathogens and intensive appropriate antibiotic therapy are key points in management.

Fulltext Dropped nucleus following phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Tajunisah I, Reddy SC

Med J Malaysia, 2007 Dec;62(5):364-7.

PMID: 18705466 MyJurnal

Twenty two cases of dropped nucleus following 1,196 phacoemulsification procedures in cataract surgery were examined retrospectively to determine the incidence, predisposing factors and visual outcomes of this dreaded complication. All the cases underwent pars plana vitrectomy and the lens fragments were removed with phacofragmotome, vitrectomy cutter or delivered through limbus. The incidence of dropped nucleus was 1.84%. The predisposing factors were hard cataracts (13.6%), polar cataracts (9.1%), previously vitrectomized eyes (4.5%) and high myopia (4.5%). The final visual outcome was > or = 6/12 in 10 eyes (45.5%); complications were seen in 5 eyes (22.7%). The interval between initial surgery and vitrectomy, the method of fragment removal and the type of lens implanted, did not influence the final visual outcome.

Acute retinal necrosis complicating chicken pox in a healthy adult: a case report and review of literature

Tajunisah I, Reddy SC

Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie), 2007;39(1):57-62.

PMID: 17914207

We report a case of unilateral acute retinal necrosis (ARN) with marked vitritis and retinal necrosis leading to retinal breaks following chicken pox successfully treated with intravenous acyclovir followed by oral acyclovir, orbital floor triamcinolone injections to contain the inflammation, and barrier laser therapy to secure the retinal breaks with good visual outcome. This case is unusual in its severity and the novel use orbital floor triamcinolone therapy to contain ARN inflammation.

Acute retinal necrosis complicating chickenpox in a healthy adult--a case report and review of literature

Tajunisah I, Reddy SC

Compr Ther, 2007;33(1):25-31.

PMID: 17984490

Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is known to occur in conjunction with primary varicella or chickenpox infection. The majority of ARN cases reported in the literature were of milder form with mild to moderate vitritis, limited retinitis, and rare occurrence of retinal breaks or detachment that responded well to intravenous acyclovir, with or without oral prednisolone. We report a case of unilateral ARN with marked vitritis and retinal necrosis leading to retinal breaks following chickenpox in a 32-year-old healthy lady. This patient was successfully treated with intravenous acyclovir followed by oral acyclovir and orbital floor triamcinolone injections to contain the inflammation with barrier laser therapy to secure the retinal breaks with good visual outcome. This case is unusual in its severity, and to our knowledge, orbital floor triamcinolone therapy was not used earlier to contain ARN inflammation.

Thirupathy A, Tajunisah I

Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 2011 Jun;19(3):156-7.

PMID: 21595530 DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.555593

To report a rare case of intermediate uveitis following rubella infection in pregnancy.

Purtscher retinopathy as an initial presentation of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Tajunisah I, Patel DK, Subrayan V

J Thromb Thrombolysis, 2010 Jul;30(1):112-3.

PMID: 19834784 DOI: 10.1007/s11239-009-0399-y

Fulltext Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy--a study of 217 patients from University of Malaya Medical Centre

Tajunisah I, Nabilah H, Reddy SC

Med J Malaysia, 2006 Oct;61(4):451-6.

PMID: 17243523

Two hundred and seventeen diabetic patients attending the eye clinic were examined to determine the prevalence of retinal changes, and the association between diabetic retinopathy and risk factors. A detailed fundus examination was done, after dilating the pupils, using 90 D lens and slitlamp biomicroscope. Diabetic retinopathy was detected in 112 patients (51.6%). Background retinopathy was seen in 40 out of 217 (18.4%), pre-proliferative retinopathy in 11 (5.1%), proliferative retinopathy in 61 (28.1%) and maculopathy in 58 (26.7%) patients. Factors significantly associated with occurrence of retinopathy were duration of diabetes, presence of hypertension and presence of systemic complications (diabetic foot ulcer, lower limb amputation, nephropathy, and peripheral neuropathy).
Study site: Eye clinic, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Retinal phlebitis associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Chew FL, Tajunisah I

Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 2009 Nov-Dec;17(6):394-5.

PMID: 20001258 DOI: 10.3109/09273940903260204

To describe a case of retinal phlebitis associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Diurnal variation of intraocular pressure in suspected glaucoma patients and their outcome

Tajunisah I, Reddy SC, Fathilah J

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 2007 Dec;245(12):1851-7.

PMID: 17901971

BACKGROUND: A case-controlled prospective study was conducted to evaluate the diurnal variation of intraocular pressure (IOP); the mean, the amplitude of variation and the peak and trough times of pressure readings in the suspected open-angle glaucoma patients as compared with a control group. We also looked at the outcome of these suspects after diurnal variation of IOP measurements.

METHODS: Diurnal variation of intraocular pressure was measured in 202 eyes of suspected open-angle glaucoma patients and 100 control eyes, at 4-hourly intervals for 24 hours (phasing). Based on the phasing results, optic disc changes and visual field defects, the patients were diagnosed as primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), normal tension glaucoma (NTG), ocular hypertension (OHT), or physiologic cup (PC), or still remained as glaucoma suspects due to inconclusive diagnosis. The last group (glaucoma suspects) was then followed up 6-monthly for their eventual outcome.

RESULTS: The highest percentage of suspected glaucoma patients had peak (maximum) readings in the mid-morning (10-11 A.M.) and trough (minimum) readings after midnight (2-3 A.M.); the highest percentage of control group had peak readings in the late evening (6-7 P.M.) and trough readings after midnight (2-3 A.M.). The mean amplitude of variance was 6 mm Hg in suspected glaucoma group and 4 mm Hg in the control group. After 'phasing', 18.8% of the suspected glaucoma patients were diagnosed as POAG, 16.8% as NTG, 5% as OHT, and 28.7% as physiologic cup; 30.9% remained as glaucoma suspects. After 4 years follow-up, 70% of the glaucoma suspects still remained as glaucoma suspects, 6.7% developed NTG and another 6.7% POAG; 16.6% were normal.

CONCLUSIONS: Serial measurement of IOP ( phasing) in a 24-hour period is still needed, in order not to miss the peak and the trough IOP readings in suspected open-angle glaucoma patients, which helps in better management of glaucoma. Among 30.9% of patients who remained as glaucoma suspects after the initial phasing, 13.4% developed NTG/POAG over a period of 4 years.

Fulltext Bilateral scleromalacia perforans and peripheral corneal thinning in Wegener's granulomatosis

Reddy SC, Tajunisah I, Rohana T

Int J Ophthalmol, 2011;4(4):439-42.

PMID: 22553696 DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2011.04.22

A rare case of bilateral scleromalacia perforans, bilateral peripheral corneal thinning (contact lens cornea) and unilateral orbital inflammatory disease in a 50 year old female patient with an indolent form Wegener's granulomatosis(WG) involving lungs and sinuses is reported. The patient survived for 12 years after the initial diagnosis of systemic disease. There was perforation of left globe following trauma and no perforation of the right globe till the last follow up of the patient.

Fulltext Childhood blindness and severe visual impairment in Malaysia: a nationwide study

Patel DK, Tajunisah I, Gilbert C, Subrayan V

Eye (Lond), 2011 Apr;25(4):436-42.

PMID: 21350565 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.19

To determine the causes of childhood blindness and severe visual impairment (BL/SVI) in schools for the blind in Malaysia.

Changes in anterior chamber depth and intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification in eyes with occludable angles

Shin HC, Subrayan V, Tajunisah I

J Cataract Refract Surg, 2010 Aug;36(8):1289-95.

PMID: 20656150 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.02.024

PURPOSE: To evaluate changes in anterior chamber depth (ACD) and intraocular pressure (IOP) after phacoemulsification in eyes with occludable angles and compare the results with those in eyes with normal open angles.
SETTING: Eye Clinic, Ipoh General Hospital, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
METHODS: Patients with nonglaucomatous eyes with open angles or with occludable angles were recruited. Ocular biometric measurements (ACD, axial length [AL], lens thickness and position) and IOP (tonometry) were performed preoperatively and 1 day and 1, 4, 9, and 12 weeks postoperatively.
RESULTS: The open-angle group and occludable-angle group each comprised 35 patients. The occludable-angle group had a shallower ACD, shorter AL, thicker and relatively anterior lens position, and higher IOP preoperatively; postoperatively, there was a significant increase in ACD and a significant reduction in IOP (P

Fulltext Ophthalmology inpatient consultation: does it make a difference to inpatient management?

Tajunisah I, Azida J, Zurina ZA, Reddy SC

Med J Malaysia, 2009 Jun;64(2):130-3.

PMID: 20058572 MyJurnal

Ophthalmology consultation is one of the commonest requested services for inpatients in a tertiary hospital. A total of 290 ophthalmology consultation requests were received over a period of six months (average 12 consultation requests per week) and from these, 222 patients were examined. The patient demographics, the hospitalization data, type of consultations (screening, new problem, preexisting problem), reasons for consultations and the ophthalmology diagnosis were determined. Out of 290 consultation requests, internal medicine services requested the highest number (95, 32.8%); the commonest type of consultation was screening for eye diseases (161, 55.5%) and the most common reason for consultation was to rule out diabetic retinopathy (125, 43.1%). The top five ophthalmology diagnoses after examination were diabetic retinopathy (45, 20.3%), diabetic retinopathy ruled out (37, 16.6%), conjunctivitis (12, 5.4%), refractive error (11, 4.8%) and normal ocular examination (11, 4.9%). Inpatient ophthalmologic procedures were performed in 146 patients, the commonest of which was retinal laser photocoagulation. A total of 133 (59.9%) inpatients had a change in their management as a result of the ophthalmology consultation.

Fulltext Endoscopic orbital decompression for optic neuropathy in thyroid ophthalmopathy

Tang IP, Prepageran N, Subrayan V, Tajunisah I

Med J Malaysia, 2008 Oct;63(4):337-8.

PMID: 19385499 MyJurnal

Optic neuropathy, an uncommon manifestation occurs in 5% of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. Its outcome is good if early and proper treatment given. We reported a 49 years old male patient of Graves' disease with bilateral optic neuropathy. He underwent bilateral transnasal endoscopic orbital decompression with marked improvement of visual acuity bilaterally. The preoperative visual acuity was 6/36 in his right eye and 6/60 in his left eye. Two days after operation, his visual acuity was 6/12 in his right eye and 6/24 in his left eye. Transnasal endoscopic orbital decompression is a choice of treatment in optic neuropathy in thyroid ophthalmopathy after trial of corticosteroids.

Fulltext Knowledge and practice of contact lens wear and care among medical students of University of Malaya

Tajunisah I, Ophth M, Reddy SC, Phuah SJ

Med J Malaysia, 2008 Aug;63(3):207-10.

PMID: 19248691 MyJurnal

The knowledge related to contact lens wear and practice care of contact lenses among medical students of University of Malaya was assessed through a structured questionnaire. One hundred and twenty-one contact lens wearers participated in this study. Majority of contact lens wearers were females (106, 87.6%); the duration of contact lens wear varied from less than six months to two years or more; 53 (43.8%) cited cosmetic purpose for wearing contact lens; 16 (13.2%) were not removing their contact lenses prior to sleeping at night. Despite 107 (88.4%) were aware of complications of contact lens usage, only 102 (84.3%) were adhering strictly to proper hygiene and contact lens care; and 17 (14%) continued wearing in spite of eye symptoms. Forty seven (38.8%) students sought ophthalmic consultation for eye problems. Improper practice of contact lens wear and care even in educated users such as medical students could increase the risk of complications. Therefore, a need for more education to the consumers is desired.

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