Lilangi Ediriwickrema, MD

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

Multimodal optical imaging of the oculofacial region using a solid tissue-simulating facial phantom. J Biomed Opt. 2024 Aug; 29(8):086002. Ediriwickrema LS, Sung S, Mattick KC, An MB, Malley C, Kirk SD, Devineni D, Lee JM, Kennedy GT, Choi B, Durkin AJ. PMID: 39091279.
A comparison of proptosis reduction with teprotumumab versus surgical decompression based on fat-to-muscle ratio in thyroid eye disease. Orbit. 2024 Apr; 43(2):222-230. Ting MAJ, Topilow NJ, Ediriwickrema LS, Yoon JS, Liu CY, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. PMID: 37978819.
Comparison of a custom Photogrammetry for Anatomical CarE (PHACE) system with other Low- Cost Facial Scanning Devices. medRxiv. 2023 Apr 21. To JK, Vu AN, Ediriwickrema LS, Browne AW. PMID: 37131657.
Optimization of a Novel Automated, Low Cost, Three-Dimensional Photogrammetry System (PHACE). medRxiv. 2023 Apr 21. To JK, Wang JN, Vu AN, Ediriwickrema LS, Browne AW. PMID: 37131650.
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius of a semicircular facial flap with concomitant COVID-19 infection. Can J Ophthalmol. 2023 10; 58(5):e221-e223. LaRocca MC, Dermarkarian CR, Ediriwickrema LS, Tao JP. PMID: 37084768.
Transcutaneous retrobulbar amphotericin B for rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: a multi-center retrospective comparative study. Orbit. 2024 Feb; 43(1):41-48. Dallalzadeh LO, Ediriwickrema LS, Fung SE, Men CJ, Kossler AL, Kupcha AC, Mawn LA, Burkat CN, van Landingham SW, Conger JR, Simmons B, Pham C, Akella SS, Setabutr P, Ho T, Couch SM, Kim JS, Demirci H, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO, Liu CY. PMID: 36880205.
Diagnosis, Prognosticators, and Management of Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis: Multidisciplinary Consensus Statement and Evidence-Based Review with Recommendations. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 09; 13(9):1615-1714. Roland LT, Humphreys IM, Le CH, Babik JM, Bailey CE, Ediriwickrema LS, Fung M, Lieberman JA, Magliocca KR, Nam HH, Teo NW, Thomas PC, Winegar BA, Birkenbeuel JL, David AP, Goshtasbi K, Johnson PG, Martin EC, Nguyen TV, Patel NN, Qureshi HA, Tay K, Vasudev M, Abuzeid WM, Hwang PH, Jafari A, Russell MS, Turner JH, Wise SK, Kuan EC. PMID: 36680469.
Predictive Modeling of New-Onset Postoperative Diplopia Following Orbital Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 38(6):551-557. Nair AA, Ediriwickrema LS, Dolman PJ, Law G, Harrison AR, Mokhtarzadeh A, Stewart K, Men C, Lucarelli MJ, van Landingham S, Wingelaar M, Verma R, Chen A, Selva D, Garrity J, Eckel L, Kazim M, Godfrey K, Baxter SL, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. PMID: 35551414.
Bilateral Disc Edema Masquerade. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 10 01; 139(10):1137-1138. Pai A, Carter S, Ediriwickrema LS. PMID: 34351380.
Internal Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm Causing an Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report. J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 06 01; 43(2):e50-e52. Himstead AS, Gustafson KM, Hasso AN, Ediriwickrema LS. PMID: 35503976.
PREVALENCE OF MISMATCH REPAIR GENE MUTATIONS IN UVEAL MELANOMA. Retina. 2020 Nov; 40(11):2216-2220. Toomey CB, Protopsaltis NJ, Phou S, Bakhoum MF, Thorson JA, Ediriwickrema LS, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO, Goldbaum MH, Lin JH. PMID: 32032254.
A case of mistaken identity: Saksenaea vasiformis of the orbit. Orbit. 2021 Dec; 40(6):521-524. Chen AJ, Ediriwickrema LS, Verma R, Vavinskaya V, Shaftel S, Deconde AS, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO, Liu CY. PMID: 32862746.
Colorectal carcinoma presenting in the orbit: mass effect from an uncommon cause. Orbit. 2021 Aug; 40(4):338-341. Long CP, Lu T, Ediriwickrema LS, Lin JH, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO, Liu CY. PMID: 32643502.
Canalicular laceration repair using a self-retaining, bicanalicular, hydrophilic nasolacrimal stent. Orbit. 2021 Jun; 40(3):239-242. Men CJ, Ko AC, Ediriwickrema LS, Liu CY, Kikkawa DO, Korn BS. PMID: 32431204.
Severe Progressive Bilateral Vision Loss With Headaches. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 05 01; 138(5):582-583. Long CP, Ediriwickrema LS, Liu CY. PMID: 32191266.
Characterization of Facial Trauma Associated with Standing Electric Scooter Injuries. Ophthalmology. 2020 07; 127(7):988-990. Yarmohammadi A, Baxter SL, Ediriwickrema LS, Williams EC, Kobayashi LM, Liu CY, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. PMID: 32359837.
Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of Prolapsed Orbital Fat Resection During Involutional Entropion Repair. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jan/Feb; 36(1):34-37. Prendes MA, Geng J, Ediriwickrema LS, Areephanthu C, Burchell P, Kikkawa DO, Nunery WR, Korn B, Harold Lee HB. PMID: 31567912.
Surgical Intervention of Periocular Infantile Hemangiomas in the Era of ß-Blockers. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jan/Feb; 36(1):70-73. Men CJ, Ediriwickrema LS, Paik JS, Murdock J, Yen MT, Ng JD, Liu CY, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. PMID: 31809485.
Development of Poliosis Following Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment for Cutaneous Melanoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Sep/Oct; 35(5):e121-e122. Ediriwickrema LS, Liu CY, Kikkawa DO, Korn BS. PMID: 31373986.
Single Suture Müeller Muscle Conjunctival Resection (ssMMCR): A Modified Technique for Ptosis Repair. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jul/Aug; 35(4):403-406. Ediriwickrema LS, Geng J, Nair AA, Prendes M, Gerber AL, Yang PT, Liu CY, Nunery WR, Harold Lee HB, Kikkawa DO, Korn BS. PMID: 30908466.
Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy, Restrictive Strabismus, Dermopathy, and Acropachy. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 12 01; 136(12):e183217. Ediriwickrema LS, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. PMID: 30543354.
A modified technique for bedside amniotic membrane application to the eyelid margins for Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Can J Ophthalmol. 2019 06; 54(3):e118-e120. Chen TH, Yang PT, Kikkawa DO, Ediriwickrema LS, Afshari NA, Lee JE, Korn BS. PMID: 31109496.
Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle Injuries to the Eye and Ocular Adnexa: The Management of Complex Trauma. Ophthalmol Retina. 2019 03; 3(3):258-269. Moysidis SN, Koulisis N, Rodger DC, Chao JR, Leng T, de Carlo T, Burkemper B, Ediriwickrema LS, George MS, Jiang Y, Bohm KJ, Gulati S, Torres RJ, Meallet MA, Moshfeghi AA, Flynn HW, Mieler WF, Williams GA, Humayun MS, Eliott D. PMID: 31014704.
INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN THE TREATMENT OF JUVENILE RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA-ASSOCIATED CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA AND UVEITIS. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2018 Summer; 12(3):242-246. Ediriwickrema LS, Chhadva P, Rodger DC, Ameri H, Rao NA. PMID: 27828903.
Orbital Decompression for Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy During the Quiescent Phase. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jul/Aug; 34(4S Suppl 1):S90-S97. Ediriwickrema LS, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. PMID: 29771754.
Gorham-Stout Disease Presenting as Acute Unilateral Proptosis. J Neuroophthalmol. 2018 Mar; 38(1):70-74. Stroh IG, Ediriwickrema LS, Miller NR. PMID: 28837441.
Tumors of the Optic Nerve and its Sheath. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2018; 58(2):237-260. Ediriwickrema LS, Miller NR. PMID: 29517652.
Optic Nerve Infiltration and Vitreous Seeding by a Cerebral Glioblastoma. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017 04 01; 135(4):400-401. Liu TYA, Ediriwickrema LS, Vizcaino MA, Wenick A, Miller NR. PMID: 28208187.
Microbiology and Biofilm Trends of Silicone Lacrimal Implants: Comparing Infected Versus Routinely Removed Stents. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Nov/Dec; 32(6):452-457. Samimi DB, Ediriwickrema LS, Bielory BP, Miller D, Lee W, Johnson TE. PMID: 26588208.
Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit: Spectrum of histologic features. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2017 Apr; 5:7-10. Ediriwickrema LS, Burnstine M, Saber MS, Rao N. PMID: 29503937.
Long-Term Outcomes of Group B Eyes in Patients with Retinoblastoma Treated with Short-Course Chemoreduction: Experience from Children's Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California. Ocul Oncol Pathol. 2015 Dec; 2(2):105-11. Zhu D, Berry JL, Ediriwickrema L, Wong K, Lee TC, Murphree AL, Kim JW, Jubran R. PMID: 27172535.
Intravenous injection of indocyanine green results in an artificial transient desaturation by pulse oximetry. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2015; 9(3):252-5. Ediriwickrema LS, Francis JH, Arslan-Carlon V, Dalecki PH, Brodie SE, Marr BP, Abramson DH. PMID: 26002141.
Diffuse large cell lymphoma presenting as a sacral mass and lupus anticoagulant. Yale J Biol Med. 2011 Dec; 84(4):433-8. Ediriwickrema LS, Zaheer W. PMID: 22180680.
Arginine 383 is a crucial residue in ABCG2 biogenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Jul; 1788(7):1434-43. Polgar O, Ediriwickrema LS, Robey RW, Sharma A, Hegde RS, Li Y, Xia D, Ward Y, Dean M, Ozvegy-Laczka C, Sarkadi B, Bates SE. PMID: 19406100.
The 315-316 deletion determines the BXP-21 antibody epitope but has no effect on the function of wild type ABCG2 or the Q141K variant. Mol Cell Biochem. 2009 Feb; 322(1-2):63-71. Polgar O, Deeken JF, Ediriwickrema LS, Tamaki A, Steinberg SM, Robey RW, Bates SE. PMID: 19002564.