Psoriasis and birdshot chorioretinopathy: response to aromatic retinoids.

Birdshot chorioretinopathy, also known as vitiliginous chorioretinitis, is a rare and serious retinochoroidopathy. We describe a case in a patient with long-standing typical psoriasis. To our knowledge this association has not been previously reported in the dermatologic literature.

[Retrocorneal pigmentary dispersion in patients with anterior chamber pseudophakia and endothelial loss].

The causes of late postoperative corneal endothelial decompensation in pseudophakic anterior chamber eyes with well placed intraocular lenses are not clear. The authors measured the degree of retrocorneal pigment dispersion and endothelial cell loss during six months, in a series of 27 anterior chamber pseudophakic eyes, operated more than one year ago, using a Konan wide-field specular microscope. A significant correlation was found between retrocorneal pigment dispersion and endothelial cell loss.

[The value of inferior trabeculectomy in combined cataract-glaucoma surgery. Apropos of 54 cases].

In 54 consecutive cases of glaucoma triple procedure, a trabeculectomy was systematically performed at six o'clock. By separating the order and the locations of the incisions as well as their placement in limbo-corneal sites, haemorrhages are minimized. A watertight, controlled running suture avoids post-operative flat anterior chamber, and permits rapid tonometric normalisation.

[Keratoplasty à chaud: preliminary study].

The purpose of this paper is to review causes and follow up of 16 patients who have had a keratoplasty "à chaud" for corneal ulceration, perforation, or reviving chronically abscess, with a 9 years follow-up for a first group, and 8 months for the second. In 58%, the graft remained clear, and in 16%, the acuity was 4 to 6/10 degrees. Keratoplasty "à chaud" seems to be the most efficient method for treatment of inflammation, the most radical to restore the integrity of the eye, and can give oftentimes an accurate optical result.