[Pericardial involvement in Hodgkin's disease].

In 21 consecutive patients with recently diagnosed Hodgkin's disease echocardiographic examination was carried out before and after subsequent courses of polychemotherapy. In 5 persons more than physiological amount of pericardial fluid was found and additionally, in one of them an infiltrate of the epicardium. IVB clinical stage of HD was diagnosed in three pts and III B in two, what was substantially different from the findings in 16 patients without pericardial effusion (PE), where 50% had favourable clinical stages IIA-IIIA.

Increased intraocular pressure in the immediate postoperative period after extracapsular cataract extraction.

We evaluated the immediate intraocular pressure increase after extracapsular cataract surgery in 58 eyes. Two to three hours postoperatively, 34 eyes (59%) developed an intraocular pressure greater than or equal to 25 mm Hg. We found an intraocular pressure of at least 40 mm Hg in seven eyes.