[Coats disease].

Coats disease is an idiopathic disorder characterized by an abnormal development of retinal vessels (telangiectasia), with a progressive deposition of intraretinal or subretinal exudates, leading to exudative retinal detachment. Classically is isolated, unilateral and affects mainly boys between 4 to 8 years. The diagnostic methods include direct and indirect opthalmoscopy, fluorescein angiography, ultrasonography, CT scan, MR imaging, especially în the advanced stages of disease, when is difficult to differentiate from retinoblastoma.

[Orbito-ocular dermoid cysts--incidence and particular cases].

This paper is concerned about a retrospective study on the casuistry of the Ophthalmologic Clinic of Craiova concerning those cases hospitalized and operated for different dermoidal cystic localization. A period of 20 years is under observation. The group of patients is analyzed taking into account the apparent debut age of the tumors, sex and different localization incidence.