[Quality of life in patients with choroidal melanoma].

Purpose: To determine whether iodine 125 brachytherapy or enucleation is better for quality of life in patients treated for choroidal melanoma.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-five patients with choroidal melanoma were treated with a modified version of VF-14 iodine 125 brachytherapy, enucleation or both. Results of this treatment were then statistically analyzed.

[Treatment of angioid streaks with phothodynamic therapy].

Clinical Case: A patient had bilateral angioid streaks complicated by cicatricial degeneration in the left eye and subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in the right eye. Photodynamic therapy resulted in a favorable response with normalization of the visual acuity and angiographic resolution of the lesions.

Discussion: The most serious complication of angioid streaks is choroidal neovascularization.

[Acute retinal pigment epitheliitis: a case report].

Clinical Case: We report the case of a 45-year-old male who attended our emergency service with loss of vision in his left eye after an attack of influenza. The vision in his left eye was slightly inferior to that in the right eye. Ophthalmoscopy showed small orange lesions in the macular and foveolar area.

[Assessment of clinical practice guidelines about cataract management].

Purpose: To evaluate the quality of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) about the management of cataract in adults.

Material And Method: A bibliographic search was carried out selecting the CPG based on the evidence or on the expert consensus, published since the year 2000. The guidelines selected were assessed with the AGREE Instrument.

[Diffuse uveal melanoma. A clinical case].

Case Report: We report the case of a 58-year-old man who presented at our emergency department with ocular pain and progressive loss of vision in his left eye. Ophthalmic examination detected a pigmented mass in the iridocorneal angle, involving the ciliary body. Glaucoma had also developed secondary to the melanotic lesion.