Comparative effects of argon green and krypton red laser photocoagulation for patients with diabetic exudative maculopathy.

Aims/background: Focal treatment of diabetic macular oedema is usually done using a haemoglobin absorbing wave-length, such as argon green laser. This study aimed to compare photocoagulation with argon green (514 nm) and krypton red (647 nm), which is poorly absorbed by haemoglobin, in the focal treatment of patients with diabetic exudative maculopathy.

Methods: A total of 151 eyes of 78 outpatients were assigned randomly to receive either argon green (n = 79) or krypton red (n = 72) laser treatment.

[Central serous chorioretinopathy in a pregnant woman].

Purpose: A case of central serous chorioretinopathy in a 28-year-old pregnant woman is reported.

Methods: A complete ocular examination was performed including fundus biomicrospic examination and fluorescein angiography.

Results: Examination of the left eye revealed central serous chorioretinopathy associated with greyish-white subretinal exudate.

[Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and hereditary retinal vascular tortuosity].

Purpose: A 9 year-old child demonstrated symptomatic exudative vitreoretinopathy. The other family members were examined to detect funduscopic changes suggestive of the disease.

Methods: A complete ocular examination was performed including fundus biomicroscopic examination and fluorescein angiography.

[Post-laser choroidal hematoma in a diabetic patient treated with an oral anticoagulant].

We report a case of a 45 year old diabetic man treated with insulin who developed a right choroidal hematoma after krypton laser treatment for proliferative retinopathy. This patient had a history of myocardial infarction and had been treated with oral anticoagulants for 3 years. Choroidal hematoma was associated with vitreous hemorrhage and presumed herpetic uveitis.