[Efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of Birdshot retinochoroiditis].

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the treatment of Birdshot retinochoroiditis.

Patients And Methods: Eighteen patients were followed-up prospectively in a total number of 37 patients recorded. Inclusion criteria were birdshot retinochoroiditis (BRC) according to the criteria defined by Ryan et al.

[Conjunctival capillaroscopy].

Microcirculation is clearly visible and can be observed on the conjunctival mucosa by means of any microscope and notably with the slit lamp microscope of ophtalmologists. A glance at the conjunctival vessels may provide useful information on the quality of microcirculation generally and on the ischaemic or oedematous repercussions of lesions affecting the kidney, the brain and other organs. The vascular alterations detectable on the conjunctiva are described.

Terrien's disease: clinical and ultrastructural studies, five case reports.

Terrien's disease occurs in middle-aged patients and is characterised by an insidious thinning of the cornea near the limbus. In most cases, this results in a peripheral ectasia associated with a severe degree of astigmatism. Inflammatory signs are rarely observed in this marginal corneal degeneration which is of unknown aetiology.

[Terrien's disease, apropos of 6 cases. Ultrastructural study].

Terrien's disease is characterized by slowly progressive thinning of the pre-limbal cornea in middle-aged patients. It usually leads to peripheral ectasia with marked astigmatism. It is rarely accompagnied by inflammation and its cause is unknown.