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OBJECTIVE: to compare the accuracy of eyelid tumor diagnosis obtained by evaluating conventional camera images with the ones obtained by evaluating smartphone images. METHODS: from January 2016 to July 2017, 36 patients underwent face-to-face external assessments and biomicroscopic examinations to establish clinical diagnoses. The lesions were photographed using Canon PowerShot SX530 HS Digital Camera (16.8 Megapixels) and Samsung GALAXY S4 smartphone camera. All lesions were resected and submitted to anatomopathological examinations. Preoperative images were sent to two specialists in eyelid diseases and then remotely analyzed. Data from in-person diagnoses and telediagnoses were compared with the gold standard of histological diagnosis. RESULTS: the most frequent lesions were basal cell carcinoma (33.3%), actinic keratosis (19.4%), and nevus (13.9%). Kappa coefficient for the diagnosis of malignant lesion showed agreement between the two tele-evaluators in the conventional digital camera images (0.68) and in the smartphone images (0.78). The face-to-face examiner's accuracy was of 94.4%; the tele-evaluators' accuracy in the conventional digital camera images was of 83.3% and in the smartphone images varied from 80.6% to 86.1%. Comparing the in-person diagnoses with the telediagnoses (obtained by evaluating conventional digital camera images or smartphone images), there was no significant difference in the hit rates. CONCLUSION: for eyelid tumor telediagnosis, images obtained using smartphone camera were equivalent to those obtained using conventional digital camera.

OBJETIVO: comparar a acurácia do diagnóstico de tumor palpebral por avaliação de fotos obtidas por câmera convencional versus câmera acoplada em smartphone. MÉTODOS: trinta e seis pacientes foram submetidos a exame externo e exame biomicroscópico para estabelecimento de diagnóstico clínico. As lesões foram fotografadas com câmera convencional Canon SX530 HS, digital de 16,8 megapixels e com câmera do smartphone modelo GALAXY S4. Todas as lesões foram ressecadas e submetidas a exame anatomopatológico. As imagens pré-operatórias foram analisadas à distância por dois especialistas em doenças palpebrais. Os dados dos diagnósticos presencial e dos teleavaliadores foram confrontados com o padrão ouro do diagnóstico histológico. RESULTADOS: as lesões mais frequentes foram constituídas por carcinoma basocelular (33,3%), queratose actínica (19,4%) e nevo (13,9%). O coeficiente de Kappa para diagnóstico de lesão maligna mostrou concordância entre os teleavaliadores nas imagens por câmera (0,68) e com smartphone (0,78). A acurácia do examinador presencial foi de 94,4%, a dos teleavaliadores nas imagens por câmera foi de 83,3% e as do smartphone variou entre 80,6% e 86,1%. Não houve diferença nos índices de acerto por uso de câmera ou smartphone quando comparado com o exame presencial. CONCLUSÃO: imagens obtidas por smartphone foram equiparáveis em relação à câmera convencional para uso em telemedicina para diagnóstico de lesão maligna palpebral.

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RESUMO Objetivo: comparar a acurácia do diagnóstico de tumor palpebral por avaliação de fotos obtidas por câmera convencional versus câmera acoplada em smartphone. Métodos: trinta e seis pacientes foram submetidos a exame externo e exame biomicroscópico para estabelecimento de diagnóstico clínico. As lesões foram fotografadas com câmera convencional Canon SX530 HS, digital de 16,8 megapixels e com câmera do smartphone modelo GALAXY S4. Todas as lesões foram ressecadas e submetidas a exame anatomopatológico. As imagens pré-operatórias foram analisadas à distância por dois especialistas em doenças palpebrais. Os dados dos diagnósticos presencial e dos teleavaliadores foram confrontados com o padrão ouro do diagnóstico histológico. Resultados: as lesões mais frequentes foram constituídas por carcinoma basocelular (33,3%), queratose actínica (19,4%) e nevo (13,9%). O coeficiente de Kappa para diagnóstico de lesão maligna mostrou concordância entre os teleavaliadores nas imagens por câmera (0,68) e com smartphone (0,78). A acurácia do examinador presencial foi de 94,4%, a dos teleavaliadores nas imagens por câmera foi de 83,3% e as do smartphone variou entre 80,6% e 86,1%. Não houve diferença nos índices de acerto por uso de câmera ou smartphone quando comparado com o exame presencial. Conclusão: imagens obtidas por smartphone foram equiparáveis em relação à câmera convencional para uso em telemedicina para diagnóstico de lesão maligna palpebral.

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the accuracy of eyelid tumor diagnosis obtained by evaluating conventional camera images with the ones obtained by evaluating smartphone images. Methods: from January 2016 to July 2017, 36 patients underwent face-to-face external assessments and biomicroscopic examinations to establish clinical diagnoses. The lesions were photographed using Canon PowerShot SX530 HS Digital Camera (16.8 Megapixels) and Samsung GALAXY S4 smartphone camera. All lesions were resected and submitted to anatomopathological examinations. Preoperative images were sent to two specialists in eyelid diseases and then remotely analyzed. Data from in-person diagnoses and telediagnoses were compared with the gold standard of histological diagnosis. Results: the most frequent lesions were basal cell carcinoma (33.3%), actinic keratosis (19.4%), and nevus (13.9%). Kappa coefficient for the diagnosis of malignant lesion showed agreement between the two tele-evaluators in the conventional digital camera images (0.68) and in the smartphone images (0.78). The face-to-face examiner's accuracy was of 94.4%; the tele-evaluators' accuracy in the conventional digital camera images was of 83.3% and in the smartphone images varied from 80.6% to 86.1%. Comparing the in-person diagnoses with the telediagnoses (obtained by evaluating conventional digital camera images or smartphone images), there was no significant difference in the hit rates. Conclusion: for eyelid tumor telediagnosis, images obtained using smartphone camera were equivalent to those obtained using conventional digital camera.

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Information and communication technology has rapidly reached diverse aspects of modern life, including medicine and health-related matters. Aiming to improve teaching, research, and health care delivery for geographic or economic reasons, telemedicine is an ascending trend. Teleophthalmology might be one of the most challenging applications of telemedicine given its need for standardized and high definition digital images. However, technological advances are enhancing information transmission continuously and expanding the potential of teleophthalmology. In this review, we investigate the evolution and current status of teleophthalmology, describe its use in different areas, and explore its applicability. Although teleophthalmology is not a replacement for traditional eye care and still faces challenges for adequate implementation, it represents an effective care delivery method, facilitating appropriate and timely distribution of service especially in remote and/or underdeveloped regions.

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ABSTRACT Information and communication technology has rapidly reached diverse aspects of modern life, including medicine and health-related matters. Aiming to improve teaching, research, and health care delivery for geographic or economic reasons, telemedicine is an ascending trend. Teleophthalmology might be one of the most challenging applications of telemedicine given its need for standardized and high definition digital images. However, technological advances are enhancing information transmission continuously and expanding the potential of teleophthalmology. In this review, we investigate the evolution and current status of teleophthalmology, describe its use in different areas, and explore its applicability. Although teleophthalmology is not a replacement for traditional eye care and still faces challenges for adequate implementation, it represents an effective care delivery method, facilitating appropriate and timely distribution of service especially in remote and/or underdeveloped regions.

RESUMO A tecnologia da informação alcança diversos aspectos da vida moderna, incluindo a medicina. Com o objetivo de aprimorar o ensino, pesquisa e assitência médica, seja por motivos geográficos ou econômicos, a telemedicina é uma tendência em ascenção. A teleoftalmologia é possivelmente uma das aplicações mais desafiadoras da telemedicina, uma vez que requer imagens digitais de alta resolução. Entretanto, avanços tecnológicos estão continuamente melhorando a transmissão de informações e expandindo o potencial da teleoftalmologia. Um revisão da literatura foi realizada para investigar a evolução e o status atual da teleoftalmologia, descrevendo e explorando sua aplicação em diferentes subespecialidades. Apesar de não representar uma substituição para a assistência oftalmológica tradicional, e, embora ainda existam desafios frente a uma implementação adequada, a teleoftalmologia é um método efetivo de assistência, facilitando a distribuição de atendimento, especialmente em regiões remotas e/ou menos desenvolvidas.

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O blefaroespasmo essencial é uma distonia focal caracterizada por contrações involuntárias, espasmódicas e bilaterais dos músculos orbicular da pálpebra, corrugador, prócerus e depressor do supercílio. Trata-se de uma doença rara, cujo diagnóstico é frequentemente tardio, o que permite a progressão dos sintomas até quadros de cegueira funcional. Nesse estudo, por meio de revisão da literatura, descreve-se as principais características da doença, incluindo os seguintes aspectos: histórico, epidemiologia, etiologia, quadro clí­nico, diagnóstico diferencial e tratamento.

Essential blepharospasm is a focal distonia characterized by involuntary, spasmodic, bilateral contractions of eyelid protractors. This is a rare disease, which diagnosis is frequently late and symptoms may progress until functional blindness. In this article, we perform a review and describe the most important features of the disease, including historical aspects, epidemiology, etiology, clinical findings, differential diagnosis and treatment.

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Essential blepharospasm is a focal distonia characterized by involuntary, spasmodic, bilateral contractions of eyelid protractors. This is a rare disease, which diagnosis is frequently late and symptoms may progress until functional blindness. In this article, we perform a review and describe the most important features of the disease, including historical aspects, epidemiology, etiology, clinical findings, differential diagnosis and treatment.

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Epiphora (watering eye) is generally caused by insufficient drainage of tears. The most common cause of epiphora in adults is idiopathic inflammatory obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct. The traditional surgical treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction is an external dacryocystorhinostomy, which has an 85% to 95% success rate. To eliminate cutaneus wounds and scarring some techniques were introduced, for example the endonasal laser dacryocystorhinostomy and the nasolacrimal stent. The aim of this report was to evaluate the first case of nasolacrimal stent implantation in Brazil. The procedure was performed in the "Hospital das Clínicas" of the University of São Paulo - USP. A female patient with tearing of the right eye and secretion was submitted to a nasolacrimal stent implantation, with fluoroscopic guidance. The stent used in this procedure was the polyurethane Tearleader stent set. (Dr. Wilhelm type-PBN MEDICALS - Denmark). After 3 months, the patient started complaining of tearing, so the stent was removed and the patient was submitted to an external dacryocystorhinostomy. At present the patient does not have any symptoms or complaints. This procedure is less invasive and simple, causes no facial scars and avoids surgical trauma, but the long term success rates achieved using polyurethane nasolacrimal stents are low as compared with the external dacryocystorhinostomy. In addition, the patients usually complaint of tearing even having patent lacrimal system. In summary, long-term studies are needed to resolve some complications. Maybe a new stent design and new methods of unblocking the stent in situ would improve in the near future the levels of patency that currently are modest.

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Obstrução parcial ou completa da via lacrimal provoca um lacrimejamento constante ou intermitente denominado epífora. O tratamento preconizado para os casos de epífora com obstruções localizadas abaixo do canalículo comum é a dacriocistorrinostomia externa ou a dacriocistorrinostomia via endoscópica. Nos últimos anos foram criadas e aperfeiçoadas técnicas alternativas para o tratamento de epífora como a intubação da via lacrimal com tubos de silicone, dilatação do ducto nasolacrimal (dacriocistoplastia) e o desenvolvimento de implantes nasolacrimais. O objetivo deste trabalho é relatar a primeira experiência brasileira com o implante de poliuretano, realizado pelos serviços de Radiologia Intervencionista e Oftalmologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - USP - SP. Embora o implante nasolacrimal tenha suas vantagens por ser um procedimento radiológico intervencionista versus uma cirurgia invasiva, não é o procedimento indicado como tratamento primário da obstrução do ducto nasolacrimal. Estudos a longo prazo ainda são necessários para avaliar e resolver as complicações encontradas nos últimos trabalhos. Novos desenhos e métodos de recanalização in situ (mecanicamente ou com auxílio de medicações) talvez melhorem a viabilidade deste método terapêutico para a resolução de epífora.

Epiphora (watering eye) is generally caused by insufficient drainage of tears. The most common cause of epiphora in adults is idiopathic inflammatory obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct. The traditional surgical treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction is an external dacryocystorhinostomy, which has an 85 percent to 95 percent success rate. To eliminate cutaneus wounds and scarring some techniques were introduced, for example the endonasal laser dacryocystorhinostomy and the nasolacrimal stent. The aim of this report was to evaluate the first case of nasolacrimal stent implantation in Brazil. The procedure was performed in the "Hospital das Clínicas" of the University of São Paulo - USP. A female patient with tearing of the right eye and secretion was submitted to a nasolacrimal stent implantation, with fluoroscopic guidance. The stent used in this procedure was the polyurethane Tearleader stent set. (Dr. Wilhelm type-PBN MEDICALS - Denmark). After 3 months, the patient started complaining of tearing, so the stent was removed and the patient was submitted to an external dacryocystorhinostomy. At present the patient does not have any symptoms or complaints. This procedure is less invasive and simple, causes no facial scars and avoids surgical trauma, but the long term success rates achieved using polyurethane nasolacrimal stents are low as compared with the external dacryocystorhinostomy. In addition, the patients usually complaint of tearing even having patent lacrimal system. In summary, long-term studies are needed to resolve some complications. Maybe a new stent design and new methods of unblocking the stent in situ would improve in the near future the levels of patency that currently are modest.

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A 35-year-old woman with a 4-year history of generalized Wegener granulomatosis (WG) had clinically controlled disease. She was evaluated for a 6-month history of right lacrimal sac mass. On examination, a right chronic dacryocystitis and mucocele were observed. A right external dacryocystorhinostomy was performed. The surgical biopsy specimen from the lacrimal sac showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis with more aggressive damage to the small vessels in the deeper mucosa and focal microhemorrhages. The patient was free of symptoms 1 year after surgery. We believe this is the first report of generalized WG presenting features of an active vasculitis of the lacrimal sac wall on surgical biopsy specimen. We conclude that the lacrimal drainage system can be affected directly by focal WG vasculitis, suggesting that nasolacrimal duct obstruction is not always due to contiguous paranasal disease.

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OBJETIVO: Relatar um caso de miíase associada a carcinoma basocelular de órbita, tratada com ivermectina previamente ao ato cirúrgico. MÉTODOS: Apresentamos um caso e enfatizamos a eficácia da ivermectina no tratamento da miíase como terapêutica alternativa. RESULTADO: Após o tratamento com ivermectina via oral em dose única, observou-se a resoluçäo completa do quadro de miíase num período de 48 horas. CONCLUSÄO: A ivermectina pode ser utilizada com eficácia no tratamento da miíase orbitária, tornado desnecessária a remoçäo mecânica das larvas

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