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Our study evaluated the visual and refractive results of LASEK and anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation performed for high myopic anisometropia with amblyopia and contact lens intolerance in children compared with conventional treatment by contact lenses. Fourty-three patients (Group A) aged 3 to 7 years (mean, 5,6 years) with high myopic anisometropia and amblyopia had per...

Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is a rare but serious cause of visual impairment in children.The case report of a girl with a unilateral classical choroidal neovascular membrane has been presented. The differential diagnosis of possible etiology and the clinical course of this sight threatening condition during treatment have been documented. The similar cases in pediatric patients in foreign l...

Teratomy jsou nádory vznikající z embryonálních kmenových buněk a jsou složeny z elementů všech tří zárodečných vrstev. Lokalizace tohoto typu nádoru v očnici bývá velmi raritní. S růstem cystických útvarů teratomu dochází k rozvoji příznaků již v prvním roce života, ojediněle později. Operační řešení je velmi svízelné, bulbus bývá zachován zcela výjimečně. V naší kazuistice představujeme dívku, k...

An optic disc pit is a rare congenital anomaly of the optic nerve disc. It occurs rarely, and in case of its bilateral occurance, it can be caused by an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. Ophthalmoscopically, the disc pit appears as an ovoid depression of the optic nerve disc. When identified unilaterally, the optic nerve disc is usually larger than the disc of the other healthy eye. Optic di...

Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular tumour in adults, it is a form of cancer that affects mostly older adults, as the average age at detection of this tumour is 60 years, but it can occur in any age group with no significant gender difference. However, uveal melanoma is very rare in children compared to the adult population, accounting for 1 % of all cases. In pediatric patients, maligna...