[Progressing myopia in children: does it need treatment or not?].

The purpose of the case study was to evaluate the remote consequences of a complex of laser and repeated surgical sclerorestorative procedures made in progressing myopia and its complications. Three hundred and forty-six children, aged 8-10, with rapidly progressing uncomplicated myopia of 4.25 to 9.

[Clinical forms and differential diagnosis of angioid streaks of the retina].

The authors describe the clinical forms of complicated angioid streaks (AS) of the retina and the diagnostic symptoms of this condition that help differentiate it from other fundus oculi abnormalities. 52 patients (104 eyes) with retinal AS have been examined. Ophthalmoscopic and angiographic picture permits distinguish 4 clinical forms of complicated retinal AS: exudative hemorrhagic macular changes, non-exudative macular dystrophy, optic nerve atrophy, hemophthalmos.