[The distribution of cup disc ratios in a general population of Southern Togo aged 40 years and over].

Purpose: Clinical reports and epidemiological surveys have raised the key issues of both the burden of glaucoma blindness and the high prevalence of the disease among the populations of Togo. This population survey aimed to collect data on the distribution of cup disc ratios.

Patients And Methods: The study population of 685 persons was selected in a remote rural area.

[Retinal involvement in drepanocytosis in Togo. Correlation between age, genotype and retinopathy].

Purpose: To evaluate different retinal complications, study correlation with age and links with genotypic forms in Togolese sickle cell patients.

Material And Method: Patients were recruited between 1994 and 1996 at the hospital, genotypic diagnosis by electrophoresis, systematic angiofluorography were performed and laser photocoagulation of retinal neovascularisation if needed.

Results: A total number of 190 patients were recruited, 84 (44.

[Retinal complications in hemoglobinopathies: report of 32 cases].

Hemoglobinopathies especially sickle cell disease causes neovascularization in the retina and lead to hemorrhage. To gain insight into the features and incidence of this retinopathy, a study was carried out in Lome, Togo, in 32 subjects (mean age: 31.1 years) presenting hemoglobinopathy.

[The optic disk in Togolese patients with glaucoma].

Background: We conducted this retrospective study to analyze the main characteristics of the disc cuppings in patients diagnosed with chronic open angle glaucoma.

Methods: Data of 489 patients seen in our department and presenting chronic open angle glaucoma were collected. All these patients entered our glaucoma criteria and had disc cupping examination by color stereophotography during the follow up period of 36 months.