[Gonococcal conjunctivitis complicated by perforating corneal abscess in an adult].

We present a case of bilateral purulent conjunctivitis complicated by ocular perforation of the right eye secondary to fulminant corneal melt in a 29-year-old man. He developed urethritis after a sexual contact with a prostitute 3 weeks previously. Microbiological analyses of conjunctival and urinary cultures were positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistant to penicillins, tetracyclines, and fluoroquinolones.

[Endophthalmitis after plana vitrectomy: incidence, microbiology, and visual outcome].

Introduction: The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze incidence, microorganisms, and final visual acuity after pars plana vitrectomy.

Methods: Data on all patients with endophthalmitis after pars plana vitrectomy performed at Croix-Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France, between 1994 and 2004 were analyzed.

Results: Among 1632 posterior vitrectomies done over an 11-year period, 14 cases of endophthalmitis occurred (0.

[Panuveitis following intravesical bacille Calmette-Guerin therapy].

Uveitis occurring after bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) intravesical therapy for bladder carcinoma is rare: only nine cases have been described. In two previous reports, vitreous cultures proved Mycobacterium bovis presence. We describe the case of an 85-year-old woman who presented with bilateral panuveitis 2 months after the last BCG intravesical instillation, with no other systemic symptom.

[Ciliary body melanomas. Survival and prognostic aspects after brachytherapy or proton therapy].

Introduction: Our main goals were to study the survival of patients with uveal melanomas involving the ciliary body 5 and 10 years after treatment and to review prognosis.

Material And Methods: This study investigated 106 tumors (27 ciliary body melanomas and 79 choroidal-ciliary melanomas) of patients treated between June 1983 and April 1998. Seventy-two patients were treated with 106-ruthenium applicators and 34 were treated with proton therapy.

[Sarcoid granuloma simulating amelanotic melanoma of the iris: a case report].

We report the case of a unilateral vascular iris tumor in a 24-year-old patient. Clinically, the iris lesion appeared similar to amelanotic melanoma. A systemic work-up (initial check-up), including an angiotensin-converting enzyme determination, provided the diagnosis of sarcoid granuloma.

[Choroidal nevi associated with serous macular detachment].

Purpose: To describe the aspect and progression of choroidal nevi associated with macular serous detachment and to analyze different treatments.

Material: and methods: Twelve posterior choroidal nevi were associated with subretinal fluid. The fovea was detached in 11 cases.

[Argon laser photocoagulation of circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas].

Purpose: Therapeutic retrospective results obtained after Argon laser photocoagulation of 17 circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas were analyzed.

Material And Methods: Seventeen circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas associated with serous retinal detachment were analyzed. All patients were symptomatic but one.

[Double irradiation for macroscopic radioresistance or recurrence of melanomas of the posterior uvea: clinical, ballistic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects. Series of 19 cases among 462 patients].

We describe two comparative series of patients treated with double-dose betaraysbrachytherapy (106 Ruthenium) between 1983 and 1994, and double-dose proton beam therapy between 1991 and 1996. The indications for double-dose irradiation with the same radio-element corresponded to "macroscopically abnormal" situations: immediate and prolonged radioresistance, recurrence or secondary radioresistance. Thirteen cases are called series 1 (Ruthenium) and 6 cases are called series 2 (protons).

[Postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with stage B preoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy: comparative results of trans-scleral retinopexy with diode laser or trans-pupillary retinopexy with argon laser].

Purpose: To compare the rate of severe postoperative PVR in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RD) associated with preoperative grade B PVR and managed either with transpupillary Argon laser photocoagulation or transscleral Diode laser photocoagulation.

Material And Methods: We evaluated 72 primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with preoperative grade B PVR (retinal tears with curled posterior edges), referred before any failed attempt to reattach the retina. Eleven RD were due to giant tear.

Preoperative vitreous hemorrhage associated with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a risk factor for postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy?

Background: We conducted a prospective clinical study to elucidate the role of preoperative vitreous hemorrhage in the development of postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 409 eyes of 390 patients affected by primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment referred before any failed attempt to reattach the retina. Single and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to test 14 categories of variables.

[Has the incidence of postoperative PVR in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment decreased?].

Purpose: To determine whether the incidence of severe postoperative PVR in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment has decreased over the last twelve years.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 595 eyes of 554 consecutive patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, referred before any failed attempt to reattach the retina, managed by the same surgeon between March 1983 and December 1994. The eyes were divided into two consecutive series: 275 eyes operated on from March 1983 through February 1988 (series no.