[Postoperative Candida Iris nodules: report of a case].

Purpose: Description of an uncommon case of postoperative Candida iris nodules.

Case Report: A 70-year-old immunocompetent patient developed whitish iris nodules after phacoemulsification in the left eye, without any other signs of endophthalmitis. Histophathological examination showed spores of candida.

[Orbital ischemia syndrome after surgical intervention of the spine. A case report].

Uni- or bilateral blindness is an infrequent but severe complication after spinal surgery and typically occurs more frequently in elderly patients. The visual loss may be caused by ischemic optic neuropathy , central retinal artery or vein occlusion or cerebral stroke . It has often been attributed to various causes such as hemorrhagic shock, hypotension, coagulopathic disorders and embolism.

[Bilateral primary pseudotumoral palpebral amyloidosis. A case report].

Ocular amyloidosis is infrequent, and the palpebral location is uncommon. It usually has a primary localized form, but can occur in systemic or familial amyloidosis. The diagnosis is mainly made by histopathology.