[Visual acuity loss, the initial sympton of a spinal cord neoplasm].

Case Report: A 46-year-old woman, who presented with right visual acuity loss, was found to have papilledema, and subsequently shown to have ventricular dilatation in a cerebral Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) assessment. Elevated protein levels were found in the cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal MRI revealed the presence of a spinal cord neoplasm.

[Weill-Marchesani syndrome. Late athalamia following antiglaucomatous surgery].

Purpose/method: A case of a patient with Weill-Marchesani syndrome who developed a secondary glaucoma due to synechiae in both eyes is described. As intraocular pressure (IOP) could not be controlled with medical treatment in the left eye (LE), the patient underwent glaucoma filtering surgery. IOP was controlled and no complications occurred.

[Ocular sarcoidosis. Retrospective study of 18 cases].

Purpose: To assess the clinical and epidemiological characteristics, diagnostic and therapeutic methods, and the final visual outcome of a group of patients with ocular sarcoidosis.

Methods: Retrospective study of 18 patients diagnosed of ocular sarcoidosis between March 1989 and May 1999. In every patient the following data were obtained: age, sex, bilaterality, initial and final visual outcome, systemic and ocular manifestations, stage of chest x-ray, serum markers, gallium scan, results of biopsy, medical and surgical treatment, and complications of treatment.

[Latanoprost-associated recurrent herpes simplex keratitis].

Purpose/method: We present a case of a patient who developed recurrent epithelial herpes simplex keratitis after starting treatment with latanoprost. Her ophthalmic history was only remarkable for a past episode of herpetic keratitis 21 years previously.

Results/conclusions: Episodes of herpetic keratitis were under remission only when latanoprost was discontinued.