Cyclic hematochezia in a young woman with appendiceal endometriosis.

We report the case of a 37-year old woman with a history of ovarian endometriosis who was referred for cyclical episodes of hematochezia during her menstrual period. Colonoscopy and Computed Tomography were performed with a final diagnosis of appendiceal endometriosis. She was operated, evolving favorably.

[Radiological findings in Currarino syndrome].

Objective: To describe the clinical, radiological and genetic findings of a family affected by Currarino syndrome (CS) (agenesis of the sacrum, presacral mass, and anal-rectal anomalies), and to familiarise the radiologist with this condition that, although uncommon, could be suspected by its characteristic images.

Material And Methods: A study was made of 8 out of 9 family members (the parents, 7 siblings; 4 males and 3 females) suspected of having CS. The clinical and genetic findings are described.

Prevalence and causes of bilateral blindness and visual impairment among institutionalized elderly people in Pamplona, Spain.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence and causes of bilateral blindness and visual impairment in an urban institutionalized population aged 65 years and older.

Methods: A total of 392 nursing home residents completed a standardized eye examination, including measurement of visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure, lens opacity grading, indirect ophthalmoscopy, and photography of the macular area. The major causes of vision loss identified for all participants were blindness and visual impairment.

[Frey's syndrome: report of three cases with two distinct etiopathogeneses].

Frey's syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of facial gustatory flushing and sweating (most frequent in adults) limited to the cutaneous distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve which, when injured, shows abnormal regeneration. The condition is relatively common in adults following nerve injury in parotid surgery but has rarely been reported in children as a sequel of perinatal birth trauma resulting from forceps assisted delivery. We report three patients with the same syndrome and two different causes.

Optical coherence tomography to monitor photodynamic therapy in pathological myopia.

Aim: To evaluate the role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in determining choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) activity before and after photodynamic therapy (PDT) in patients with pathological myopia.

Methods: 33 patients (33 eyes) with pathological myopia and being treated with PDT were included. Every 3 months all patients were evaluated and presence or absence of leakage on fluorescein angiography, presence of intraretinal or subretinal fluid on OCT, and macular and choroidal neovascular complex thickness on OCT, were determined at each examination.