[Choroidal calcification associated to chondrocalcinosis].

Introduction: Chondrocalcinosis is a common joint condition in people over 50, characterized by the deposition of calcium pyrophosphate crystals that causes calcification in cartilage structures. Although its prevalence in the general population is 5%, sclerochoroidal calcifications are a rare finding in this pathology.

Objective: Describe the case of a 60-year-old man with choroidal calcification in the left eye, associated with radiological findings of chondrocalcinosis, whose metabolic report showed parameters compatible with hyperparathyroidism.

[Ocular evisceration etiology].

Background: The aim of this paper was to determine the most common etiology of ocular evisceration in a tertiary-level hospital.

Methods: Observational and retrospective study in the Ophthalmology Department from January 2013 to December 2016 at the Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI.

Results: Of the 54 eviscerations, exogenous endophthalmitis was found 25.