[Corneal neurotrophic ulcers--clinical and etiopathogenic aspects].

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to observe the corneal neurotrophic ulcers in patients with ophthalmic and systemic diseases associated with impairment of the sensory innervation of the cornea.

Methods: We have performed a retrospective study using a lot of patients with corneal neurotrophic ulcers, admitted in Ophthalmology Clinic in 2003-2006. We have analyzed the etiopathogenic factors that have determined the corneal trophic ulcers, the treatment and the complications occurred.

[Ophthalmic manifestation in icterus--hemorrhagic leptospirosis].

We present the case of a 19-year-old male, admitted in the Ophthalmology Clinic for Macular Chorioretinitis, hemorrhagic form. Laboratory findings shown high titres of icterus-hemorrhages leptospirosis.

[Usher syndrome].

We present the case report of two brothers, PF-21 years old and PN-19 years old, to whom the fundus examination, perimetry and dark adaptation established the diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa. The otorhinolaryngology exam and the audiogram revealed, in both cases, bilateral sensorineural deafness. The simultaneous presence of these two conditions completes the clinical findings of Usher syndrome.

[Takayasu disease--case report].

Chronic vasculitis which determines the thickness of the affected arteries, Takayasu disease is an uncommon finding. It is characterized by narrowing of the big arteries beginning from the aortic arch. The result is arterial hypotension, cerebral and retinal ischemic signs, the absence of pulse at the upper limbs.

[Retinal lesions in hereditary aplastic anemia].

We present a case report of a 6-year-old female child, admitted in the Pediatric Clinic, diagnosed with Aplastic Constitutional Hereditary Anaemia (Fanconi Anaemia). On ophthalmic examination, on the left eye were noted important macular edema and a big preretinal haemorrhage of 4 DP situated on the posterior pole. The treatment of the systemic condition established the involution of the ophthalmic manifestations.

[Anterior uveitis in a juvenile chronic arthritis, oligoarticular form].

We present the case of a 16-year-old male teen-ager admitted in the Ophthalmology Clinic Craiova, diagnosed with Anterior neglected acute uveitis in the left eye. Before and simultaneous with the ocular manifestations, the patient complained of pain on the hips joints. The pediatric examination, based on the clinical features and the laboratory findings, diagnosed him with Juvenile chronic arthritis, oligoarthritis type.

[Sturge Weber syndrome in association with oculo-dermal melanosis].

We present the case report of a 10 years old patient to whom, based on the clinical examination, lab and imaging studies we established the diagnosis. Sturge- Weber syndrome, oculo-dermal melanocytosis-right side. This case is interesting because of the unusual and rare association of these two diseases.

[Histopathological changes in pseudoexfoliative syndrome].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyse the structural modifications of the anterior structures of the human eyes with exfoliation syndrome in optic microscopy.

Material And Method: For this we used bulbar conjunctival fragments and the anterior part of the eyes who were eviscerated for the complications of exfoliative glaucoma. For the optic microscopy the human specimens were preserved in paraffin and stained with hematoxiline-eosine, PAS and Congo red method.

[Sympathetic ophthalmia--clinical case].

This paper presents a case of Sympathetic ophthalmia following a penetrating ocular injury produced 30 days ago, of a patient who postponed the presentation to the ophthalmologist.

[Doyne retinal dystrophy--case report].

We present the case of a female patient, 16-years old, whose the fundus examination revealed the presence, in the macular region, of drusen type lesions; the clinical aspect completed with AFG, perimetry, dark adaptation, ERG resulted in the diagnosis of Doyne's honeycomb retinal dystrophy. The disorder, included in the Familial drusen, is due to an inborn error of metabolism localized the RPE. It seems that the defect is in an intercellular matrix protein which leads to the development of abnormal basement membranes.

[Retinophotography--screening method in diabetic retinopathy].

The paper presents the modern screening method for diabetic retinopathy-the retino-photography. We present our experience on this issue, regarding the patients with diabetic retinopathy screened in Diabetic Eye Department, Ophthalmology Clinic Craiova, between October 2002-June 2005.

[Neovascular glaucoma--prevention].

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyse the incidence of neovascular glaucoma on a group of patients treated by laser photocoagulation for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and retinal vascular occlusions.

Material And Method: We have studied a group of 277 patients: 112 male and 165 female with ages between 26 and 83 years. 256 patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 21 patients retinal vascular occlusions with ischemic involvement.

[Conjunctival changes in pseudoexfoliative syndrome].

Purpose: Histopathologic study of conjunctival biopsy specimens in patients with or without exfoliation syndrome and mature cataract to reveal the presence of exfoliative material.

Material And Method: There were studied a group of patients with different ages who needed surgical cataract extraction; all patients were examined preoperative for the presence of exfoliation syndrome. The conjunctival biopsy specimens were obtained at the end of cataract surgical procedure in eyes both with exfoliation syndrome and in fellow eyes without clinical evidence of the disease.

[Retino-photography--screening method for diabetic retinopathy].

The paper presents the modern screening method for diabetic retinopathy--the retino-photography. We are presenting our experience on this issue, regarding the patients with diabetes retinopathy examined in Diabetic Eye Department, Ophthalmology Clinic Craiova, between October 2002-June 2005.

[Ocular parasitosis--particular aspects].

The goal of this study cases are presented in this study. The first case was emphasized in a patient with an epibulbar tumor and the second case was diagnosed with Toxocara Canis. In both cases the ophthalmoscopic images and the clinical evolution were unusual on the other hand etiological diagnosis in both cases was difficult.

[The adaptometry study in patients with diabetic retinopathy].

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to study if the cones and rods adaption is influenced by the degree of the diabetic retinopathy or by the retinal photocoagulation treatment.

Material And Method: I analysed three groups of diabetic patients: the first group without diabetic retinopathy, the second with different stages of diabetic retinopathy without laser treatment and the last one treated by panphotocoagulation.

Results: The exploration of the global light and dark adaptation of the retina using Hartinger's adaptometer does not allow a qualitative and selective appreciation of this function.

[Diabetes mellitus and glaucoma].

Purpose: The evaluation of the incidence of the open angle glaucoma to the patients with diabetes mellitus compared to the incidence in the general population and the frequency of the neovascular glaucoma.

Material And Method: The work consists in a study of 1700 patients with diabetes mellitus who where examined during 13 years.

Results: From 1700 patients with diabetes mellitus, 240 (14.