[Malignant melanoma among the ethnic Melanesian population of New Caledonia].

Melanesian population amounts to 61,270 out of 145,368 inhabitants in New Caledonia according to the last census. Melanesians of phototype VI have no predisposition in regard to malignant melanoma. From 1977 to 1987, 7 cases have been reported.

[Where are the borders of trachoma? (author's transl)].

A case of a trachoma at scar-stage with entropion-trichiasis is recorded. The patient was a white woman having spent her whole life in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands which are not affected by trachoma. The authors, then, review the present trends about the extraocular and ocular diseases caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.