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Slit lamp biomicroscope is the right hand of an Ophthalmologist. Even though precise, its bulky design and complex working process are limiting constraints, making it difficult for screening at outreach camps, which are an integral part of this field for the purpose of eliminating needless blindness. The torchlight is the main tool used for screening. Recently, the integration of smartphones with instruments and the digitization of slit lamp has been explored, to provide simple and easy hacks. By bringing the slit of the slit lamp to traditional torchlight, we have created "The Slitscope". It combines the best of both worlds as a simple innovative do-it-yourself novel technique for precise cataract screening. It is especially useful in peripheral centers, vision centers, and outreach camps. We present two prototypes which can also be 3D printed.
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Equipment Design , Slit Lamp Microscopy , Humans , Cataract/diagnosis , Vision Screening/methods , Vision Screening/instrumentation , SmartphoneSubject(s)
COVID-19 , Glaucoma , Ophthalmology , Telemedicine , Communicable Disease Control , Glaucoma/diagnosis , Humans , India , SARS-CoV-2 , Tertiary Care CentersABSTRACT
This article describes the method to make a do it yourself smartphone-based fundus camera which can image the central retina as well as the peripheral retina up to the pars plana. It is a cost-effective alternative to the fundus camera.
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Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological/instrumentation , Photography/instrumentation , Retina/diagnostic imaging , Smartphone/instrumentation , Equipment Design , Fluorescein Angiography/instrumentation , Humans , Retinal Vessels/diagnostic imaging , Telemedicine/instrumentationSubject(s)
Coronavirus Infections , Ophthalmology , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Remote Consultation , Strabismus , Telemedicine , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Child , Humans , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
Neuroblastoma is an undifferentiated malignancy of primitive neuroblasts. Neuroblastoma is among the most common solid tumors of childhood. Orbital neuroblastoma is typically a metastatic tumor. In this case report, we describe a 2-year-old child with a rapidly progressing orbital tumor. Computed tomography revealed an orbital mass lesion with extraocular and intraocular components. An incisional biopsy was done, and a histopathological examination showed features suggestive of neuroblastoma. Systemic workup including ultrasonography of the abdomen, chest roentgenogram, whole body computed tomography, and bone scintigraphy showed no evidence of systemic involvement. The diagnosis of primary orbital neuroblastoma was made, and the child was subjected to chemotherapy followed by rapid melting of the tumor. Neuroblastoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of childhood orbital tumors.