TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from this issue JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - i LP - i DO - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-310410 VL - 101 IS - 4 AU - Keith Barton AU - James Chodosh AU - Jost B Jonas Y1 - 2017/04/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/101/4/i.abstract N2 - The clinical features of Japanese children and adolescents presenting with uveitis to a tertiary centre were investigated. The majority of patients had bilateral disease and no systemic disease associations. Most eyes had a good visual outcome.Swept-source optical coherence tomography showed that episclera was remarkably swollen in the eyes with diffuse scleritis. On the other hand, scleral stroma was not definitely swollen in eyes with diffuse scleritis compared with normal eyes.Rituximab is an alternative to cyclophosphamide to treat Mooren’s ulcer refractory to local and systemic corticosteroids.A clinical trial evaluating nepafenac for the prevention of macular oedema showed fewer patients with diabetic retinopathy developed macular oedema following treatment with nepafenac compared with vehicle within 90 days after cataract surgery.Patients affected by retinitis pigmentosa show vascular impairment and foveal avascular zone enlargement on optical coherence tomography angiography compared with healthy age-matched subjects.Half-dose verteporfin photodynamic therapy leads to a reduction in subfoveal choroidal thickness and … ER -