Undetected development of glaucoma after radial keratotomy.

Purpose: To report a case of advanced glaucomatous optic atrophy years after bilateral radial keratotomy.

Methods: Multiple intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements of both eyes in a 40-year-old woman who underwent previous bilateral radial keratotomy were obtained using Goldmann applanation tonometry as well as air-puff and Schiotz tonometry. In addition to regular eye examinations, corneal thickness, surface, and shape were examined using Orbscan and C-Scan.

Successful hormone treatment of orbital leiomyoma.

Purpose: To describe the successful hormone treatment of noncircumscribed orbital leiomyoma.

Design: Case report.

Participant: A 66-year-old woman with histologically proven orbital leiomyoma.

Irradiation for inhibition of endothelial cell growth in vitro.

The clinical effect of ionising radiation on ocular neovascularisations is controversial, not only because of the variety of treatment modalities. The aim of our study was to investigate an experimental model which allows to evaluate radiation parameters and to study the mechanism of the inhibitory effect on neoangiogenesis. In vitro experiments were performed using human umbilical vein endothelial cells and human corneal keratocytes.