Observation and Clinical Pattern in Patients with White Dot Syndromes: The Role of Color Photography in Monitoring Ocular Changes in Long-Term Observation.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the clinical course and distinctive features of different white dot syndromes (WDS) in patients attending the Ophthalmology Department, Medical University of Warsaw in the years 1995-2015. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty-two (62) patients (43 females and 19 males), aged 18 to 77 years, referred with a WDS were included in this prospective study, with observation period ranging from 5 months to 16 years. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination and multimodal imaging studies.

Complete recovery of visual acuity as the main goal of treatment in patients with dysthyroid optic neuropathy.

Introduction: To evaluate the effectiveness of methylprednisolone (MP) and surgical treatment in achieving complete reversal of dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) and predictive factors of this therapy.

Material And Methods: The group consisted of 10 patients (18 eyes) with DON. The diagnosis of DON was based on at least two criteria from the following: (i) deterioration of visual acuity (VA< 1.

Clinical analysis of patients with pemphigoid-like ophthalmological symptoms.

Purpose: The aim of this study was a clinical analysis of patients with symptoms typical of pemphigoid.

Material And Methods: 21 patients were enrolled on the study within the period 1988-2004. The frequency and type of ophthalmological and extraocular symptoms and accompanying diseases were assessed.

[Diagnostics and pharmacological treatment of ocular cicatrical pemphigoid].

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) is an autoimmune disease characterize by mucous membrane fibrosis and skin changes resulting with scarring. The pathogenic mechanisms of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid are incompletely understood. Antibasement membrane antibodies which lead to subepithelial blistering, granulation tissue and inflammatory infiltrate formation in the substantia propria are thought to be the main pathophysiological mechanisms in cicatricial pemphigoid.

[Optical coherence tomography in Stargardt's dystrophy].

Stargardt's disease is one of the central retinal dystrophies with its onset in first two decades of life presenting gradual decrease in visual acuity and typical features in fluorescein angiography. The aim of the study was to evaluate the macular area in patients with diagnosed Stargardt's disease with the use of optical coherence tomography. 11 patients (22 eyes) were enrolled to the study.

[Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP)--diagnosis, ocular symptoms and treatment].

Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP) belong to white dot syndromes, which are an idiopathic inflammatory process damaging the retinal pigment epithelium and choriocapillaris. We observed fourteen patients with typical ocular changes for MCP (panuveitis with typical multiple yellow, white or gray focal lesions in fundus of the eye). In 8 patients typically were observed--glaucoma, cataract, macular edema.

[Fungal infections of the eye--current antifungal agents].

Antifungal agents used in ocular infections are presented. The most common etiology of fungal infections is described. Mechanisms and range of action, available drugs and the latest groups of antifungal agents during clinical trials are presented.