Low prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in patients with long-term type 1 diabetes and current good glycemic control - one-center retrospective assessment.

Purpose: Despite progress in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) therapy, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is still a common complication. We analysed predictors and prevalence of DR in patients with T1DM lasting 10 years or more. All of the patients were considered to be currently in excellent glycemic control and treated using modern therapies.

The use of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.

Aim: To assess the effect of eplerenone on macular structure and function in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.

Material And Methods: 17 eyes of 16 patients (aged 32-66 years) with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy treated at the Department of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology, Jagiellonian University in Cracow were enrolled. The duration of symptoms ranged between 4 and 24 months.

Alström syndrome--a case report and literature review.

Purpose: To report a case of Alström syndrome referred as bilateral macular degeneration.

Material And Methods: A 52 years old man was diagnosed with an over 30 years history of progressive visual acuity worsening in both eyes, with the presence of night blindness and photophobia. Since childhood the right eye has been positioned in a divergent deviation.

Exudative age-related macular degeneration or Best vitelliform macular dystrophy?--A case report.

Purpose: To report a case of Best vitelliform macular dystrophy referred to the Department Ophthalmology in Krakow with a diagnosis of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Materials And Methods: 70-years old man was diagnosed in our clinic because of a two years history of slow, progressive visual acuity worsening in both eyes with the presence of metamorphopsia. The basic ophthalmic examination was performed with additional diagnostic methods including: colour vision test (Panel D-15), Amsler grid test, contrast sensitivity test (Pelli-Robson chart), fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), electroretinogram (ERG), electrooculogram (EOG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

[Diffuse atrophy of the choroid--a case report].

Purpose: The authors present a case of the 66-year-old female patient suffering from the diffuse atrophy of the choroid.

Material And Methods: The 66-year-old woman was referred to the Ophthalmological Clinic in Krakow with the diagnosis of choroideremia. The patient developed central vision problems (mainly in the left eye) and night blindness.