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289 T he last issue of the Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology (MEAJO) for the year 2014 contains an assortment of interesting articles by esteemed colleagues. Awareness concerning endemic Helminthic infection of the eye and ocular adnexa has been nicely addressed by Kalogeropoulos et al. 1 in this issue. Authors not only share with us the ocular manifestation of dirofilariasis but more importantly raise our concern and awareness due to climatic changes, increased mosquito proliferation in the warm and moist environment contributing to the rising incidence of dirofilariasis and perhaps other endoparasitic infection both endemic and nonendemic to the regions. Authors provide us not only manifestation of this specific parasitic disorder along with its increased incidence after 2006, but their discussion section emphasizes the importance of distinguishing this inflammation from diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis. It is important that we all realize that global warming and increased mosquito infestation increased the transmission of dirofilara to the human host. After all, mobility of individuals, ease of travelling, climate change may potentially change the distribution pattern of many parasitic infections in the world. It behooves on all clinicians including an ophthalmologists to be quite aware and familiar with such infections and their relevant ocular manifestations. Despite all the advancement in the arena of modern cataract surgery, Miraftab et al. 2 raise a recurring, but fundamental question concerning intraocular power calculation formulas and their predictability. The improvement and refinement of intraocular power calculation formulas in terms of the third and the fourth generations formulas may have enhanced the refractive outcomes for some demographic but as nicely addressed by authors, it may not uphold the same power of accuracy in another geographical region. The importance of anterior chamber depth and effective lens position can impact the accuracy and predictability of intraocular lens formulas. Miraftab et al. elaborate further in their paper that the population of interest in Iran had a more predictable result with the SRK-II formula in comparison to the third and the fourth generation formulas for achieving emmetropia which indicates that the anterior chamber depth in the Iranian population is different from the European counterpart which may impact the preference of SRK II formula over the other formula in a general sense. This paper is nicely designed. Even though retrospective in nature, it has a reasonable samples size, and the results can be seen to be consistent with some of the other …

Last issue of 2014: Interesting assortment of ocular pathology