[Treatment of Graves macular edema with intravitreal injection of corticosteroids].

Purpose: To determine if intravitreal injection of triamcinolone is an effective option in treating severe macular oedema unresponsive to other treatments.

Methods: Fifteen eyes with severe macular oedema of long duration (9-30 months) were offered intravitreal injection of 4 mg triamcinolone. The visual acuity and anatomic responses were monitored with pre- and postoperative fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

[Uveal sarcoidosis].

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown origin. Ocular involvement occurs in about 25% of patients. Acute or chronic anterior uveitis are the most common ocular manifestations of sarcoidosis but all the ocular tissues can be involved.

[Iris metastasis in 2 patients. Importance for diagnosis and treatment of the primary tumor].

Two cases of cancer with secondary metastases to the iris were examined. In the first case, the work-ups performed after appearance of the iris lesion led to the discovery of wide spreading from the primary tumor already known and treated. An iris biopsy in the second case revealed the nature of the primary tumor which was an oat-cell lung carcinoma.

[Distinguishing clinical manifestation of panuveitis with a cytomegalovirus retinopathy in a grafted person].

Purpose: Unusual description of an uveitis with a cytomegalovirus retinitis in a grafted patient. MATERIAL ET METHOD: A 49 year-old white male had to receive an hepatic transplant. Six month later, a cytomegalovirus chorioretinitis was discovered with an important uveitis.

[Iris metastases in two patients, important for the diagnosis and treatment of the primary tumor].

Two cases of cancer with secondary metastases to the iris were examined. In the first case, the work-up performed after appearance of the iris lesion led to the discovery of a general spread from the already known and treated primary tumor which was an oat cell carcinoma of the lung.

[Perforating injuries: management of the repair of scleral and corneal injuries].

The perforating injuries of corneal and scleral with and without foreign body must be localised and treated in urgency. The rule of repairing and prophylaxis of complications must be carefully respected.

[Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of doubtful cases of small melanoma of the choroid].

The main complementary procedures used to diagnose a choroidal melanoma are A- and B-mode ultrasonography, fluorescein angiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). With MRI the malignant tumour has unique MRI signature owing to the paramagnetic properties of melanin. MRI can thus help in making the differential diagnosis and in estimating tumour extension.

[Cataract extraction in uveitis].

Unlabelled: As a frequent and important complication of uveitis, cataract poses a number of problems concerning surgical indications and techniques. This report discusses thirty patients operated for cataract as a complication of uveitis. The intervention was performed on eyes which had been quiet for six months.

[Repercussions of cataract surgery on the development of diabetic retinopathy].

A progression of diabetic retinopathy has been noted following cataract surgery. Both of the cataract procedures are discussed: ECCE-PC IOL and ICCE-AC IOL. The diabetic patients without background retinopathy have a good prognosis for cataract extraction, approaching that of non diabetics.

[Risks of cataract extraction following retino-vitreous surgery].

Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) was done in 35 eyes of 30 patients after previous retinal attachment surgery with scleral buckling. A posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) was implanted in 35 eyes. No significant modification in the cataract surgical technique was necessary.

[The value of MRI in a difficult diagnosis of melanoma of the choroid].

The authors present a clinical case of a young woman presenting a non typical melanoma with optic disc oedema. The results of the different examinations are presented and the importance of an N.M.

[Endophthalmitis due to Fusarium: an uncommon cause].

Fusarium pathogen is an uncommon cause of infections in ophthalmology. To our knowledge, there are few cases of isolated human endogenous endophthalmitis without concomitant immunodepression. An early diagnostics and therapy allowed an excellent functional recovery when compared to the reported cases in the literature.

[Does peripheral iridectomy increase the risk of retinal detachment in patients with aphakia or pseudophakia?].

A retrospective study of 107 cases of retinal detachment in aphakic and pseudophakic eyes showed different types of retinal break depending upon surgical method. Three techniques were studied: intracapsular extraction (ICCE), intracapsular extraction with anterior chamber lens implant (ICCE, AC-IOL), and extracapsular extraction with posterior chamber lens implant (ECCE, PC-IOL). Results were compared for each technique with and without peripheral iridectomy.

[Ocular sarcoidosis].

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown origin that most commonly affects young adults. Ocular involvement occurs in about 30% of patients. Acute or chronic anterior uveitis are the most common ocular manifestations of sarcoidosis but all the ocular tissues can be involved.

[Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis].

In the last few years, the clinical features of Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis (F.H.C.