[Eales disease: a case report in Burkina Faso].

The authors report the first case of Eales disease described in Burkina Faso. A 21-year-old man presented myodesopsia with acute visual acuity decrease in the right eye at 1/50, vitreous haemorrhage, and retinal phlebitis of the large trunks. In the left eye, visual acuity was 10/10 P2, with phlebitis associated with retinal haemorrhages, vascular occlusion, and retinal ischaemia.

[Trilateral retinoblastoma in Burkina Faso: three cases].

The authors describe three cases of trilateral retinoblastoma, a rare syndrome that occurs most often in young children. Two of these children were 3 years old at diagnosis, and the other 4 years old. The retinoblastoma was unilateral in one child and bilateral in the others.

[Lacquer cracks complicated with choroidal neovascularization in pseudoxanthoma elasticum: the first case report in Burkina Faso].

Lacquer cracks are breaks in the Bruch membrane by alteration of the elastic layer. They are often associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The authors report the first case in Burkina Faso involving a 51-year-old woman who was seen for visual acuity loss.

[Cataract in Burkina Faso: factors of choice between modern and traditional surgical procedures].

Despite advances in cataract surgery, many peoples in the Sub-Saharan region are still treated by the traditional lens couching technique. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors leading to the choice of lens couching for cataract treatment. A total 34 patients (40 eyes) from the northern Burkina Faso who underwent lens couching were examined and interviewed.

Burkitt's lymphomain Burkina Faso hospital center : therapeutic and course.

Summary A retrospective study of 41 cases of children sent to hospital and treated for the Burkitt's lymphoma for a period of 10 years has been carried out in the hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso in order to study the progressing and therapeutic features of the disease. The therapeutic means were the ablation surgery of voluminous tumors (19.5%) and the monochimiotherapy with cyclophosphamid (83%) according to Burkitt's procedure (64.

[Eye tension and open angle glaucoma in a Burkina Faso hospital].

Purpose: Studying the correlation between high intraocular pressure and glaucoma in black African patients.

Patients: and method: This study was retrospective and was based on 235 patients, i.e.

[Etiologies of ocular and eyelid trauma in Burkina Faso].

Purpose: To identify the epidemiological features of ocular traumas in Burkina Faso.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in the eye department of the National Hospital of Ouagadougou, from January 1995 to 31 December 1997. All cases of eye trauma during this period were included.

[Suspected palpebral anthrax in children. (Apropos of 3 cases)].

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. It is primarily a disease of domestic animals. Human beings can be infected by contact with infected animals, soiled objects, thorns or insect stings.