[Optical coherence tomography aspects of sympathetic ophthalmia: case report].

The sympathetic ophthalmia is a granulomatous panuveitis that starts after ocular trauma. The prognosis is poor and depends of both early diagnosis and treatment. The authors describe one case of a patient with sympathetic ophthalmia using optical coherence tomography who was submitted to early treatment, and it suggests that the optical coherence tomography can corroborate as a ancillary method in the study of retina characteristics in sympathetic ophthalmia disease specially in cases of rare presentation, with serous retinal detachment as an isolated ophthalmological manifestation.

[Influence of topical latanoprost on foveal thickness in eyes that underwent uneventful cataract surgery].

Purpose: To study prospectively using optical coherence tomography whether topical latanoprost induces retinal disorders in patients that underwent cataract surgery.

Methods: Randomized, masked-observer, one-month clinical trial. Pseudophakic patients were treated with latanoprost (n=10) or lubricant drop q.

Causes and risk factors for graft failure in surgeries performed by physicians in fellowship training.

Purpose: To determine the incidence, causes, and risk factors of penetrating keratoplasty failure.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in 213 penetrating keratoplasties (194 patients) between January 1995 and January 2001 at the Cornea Section of the Ophthalmology Service at the School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia MG, Brazil. Follow-up time for 213 surgeries ranged from 2 to 68 months (mean 29.