The Amsler grid has become important in the evaluation of the 10 degrees of visual field surrounding fixation. Twenty three patients(23 eyes) of macular and optic nerve lesions were surveyed with Amsler grid. Blurred vision and spot in the field were the most frequent first symptoms reported by patients. The test was simple, inexpensive and time sparing. The test was clinically very useful in detecting and following macular and optic nerve lesions.
Humans ; Optic Nerve* ; Visual Fields

Retinopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus consists of cotton-wool spots with or without intraretinal hemorrhages. Although rare, a more severe retinal vasoocclusive disease, termed retinal vasculitis, has been described. The predominant neuropathologic findings are destructive and proliferative changes in the arterioles and capillaries with microinfarcts and occasional foci of inflammatory cells. The authors experienced a case of SLE which was associated with severe retinal vaso-occlusive disease occuring in both eyes of a 31 year old female patient. We report a case of SLE which revealed a typical vaso-occlusive retinal lesion.
Adult ; Arterioles ; Capillaries ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Retinal Vasculitis ; Retinaldehyde*

This experiment was performed to elucidate whether the cultured rabbit corneal cells were infected with HSV-1. The direct immunofluorescent method was used to detect herpes simplex antigen in HSV-1 infected corneal epithelial cell, keratocyte and endothelial cell in vitro with fluorescein-labeled antiserum to HSV-1. Immunofluorescent localization of HSV-1 antigen was seen in all three types of corneal cells.
Endothelial Cells ; Epithelial Cells ; Herpes Simplex ; Herpesvirus 1, Human*