[Intraocular pressure difference in Goldmann applanation tonometry versus a transpalpebral tonometer TGDc-01"PRA" in glaucoma patients].

Purpose: The object of this study was to compare intraocular pressure measurements obtained with the TGDc-01"PRA", a new, transpalpebral indentation tonometer, with those from Goldmann applanation tonometry in normal and glaucomatous eyes.

Methods And Patients: Forty healthy eyes and 185 eyes suffering from glaucoma were included in the study. For Goldmann tonometry three measurements and for the TGDc-01 ten measurements were performed in a random order.

[Spontaneous, bifocal rupture of the limbus in secondary angle closure glaucoma after open globe injury].

Purpose: To report on a case of bifocal rupture of the limbus that developed in a young male with secondary angle closure glaucoma 7 months after penetrating eye injury.

Case Report: A 20-year old male suffered from severe polytrauma due to a car accident. Examination revealed an open globe injury of the left eye due to corneal penetration by a foreign body (glass).

[Immunosuppressive therapy with mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) in treatment of uveitis].

Background: Severe forms of uveitis can often only be managed sufficiently with systemic immunosuppression. All available drugs are known for their relative high rate of side-effects. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), an immunosuppressant successfully used in management after organ transplantation and many autoimmune diseases, has shown remarkably less side-effects when used for various forms of uveitis in monotherapy or in combination with corticosteroids.

[Hyperplasia of sebaceous glands (Fordyce's disease) in an oral mucocutaneous graft: 45-year follow-up].

Background: Diffuse sebaceous gland hyperplasia in transplanted buccal mucosa is a very rare condition. We report on a further patient with this entity.

Patient: In 1953, a now 68-year-old man suffered a severe alkali burn.

[Acute tumor of the lower eyelid caused by spontaneous hemorrhage of an occult vascular anomaly].

Purpose: To present an unusual acute tumour of the lid.

Patient: A 37-year-old female physician presented with a swelling and a slight hematoma of the right lower lid. Palpation revealed two firm painless nodules under an intact epidermis.