[Helicobacter pylori in central serous chorioretinopathy and diffuse retinal epitheliopathy. Results of the first prospective pilot study].

Purpose: Helicobacter pylori has been implicated in focal occlusive arterial diseases in young people. Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and diffuse retinal epitheliopathy (DRE) being suspected vascular occlusive diseases of choriocapillaris, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients with long-lasting (>6 months) CSC and/or DRE.

[Intraocular cysticercosis: a difficult diagnosis].

The authors describe a case of intraocular cysticercosis discovered in the ophthalmology department ef Edouard Herriot Hospital. With no biological signs, the diagnosis was made after vitrectomy because the visit was late in the course of the disorder, the patient lived in the mountains, and he had failed to mention a trip to the West Indies 3 months before. The symptomatology began with uveitis worsened in 10 days by greater inflammation in spite of successive corticosteroids, antibiotic, and antiviral therapy.

[Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous syndrome in a girl with Aicardi syndrome].

Aicardi syndrome is characterized by infantile spasms, agenesis of the corpus callosum and chorioretinal lacunae. This disorder affects mostly females with early embryonic lethality in males. We present a case of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) in association with Aicardi syndrome in a 2-year-old girl.

[Neovascular glaucoma diagnosed following carotid endarterectomy].

We report a case of bilateral asymptomatic rebeosis iridis related to a bilateral obstruction of the carotid arteries. The iridocorneal angles were closed by a neovascular membrane and intraocular pressures were normal within both eyes (normotensive neovascular glaucoma). After left carotid endarterectomy, the increased perfusion of the ciliary body and the increased secretion of aqueous humor resulted in a sudden bilateral ocular hypertension.