Subchondroplasty - A Viable Treatment Option for Transient Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome of the Navicular in an Adolescent: A Case Report.

Introduction: Transient bone marrow edema (TBME) is a condition that typically presents in middle-aged adults with a male to female ratio of 3:1. Cases have also been noted in females during the third trimester of pregnancy. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to this condition as the pathophysiology demonstrates poorly mineralized osteoid in presenting lesions.

Biomolecular evaluation of cryopreserved amniotic membranes for ophthalmological use by ELISA and RT-PCR at one and eighteen months.

Purpose: To study the presence of certain proteins - EGF (epidermal growth factor), KGF (keratinocyte growth factor), IL-10 (interleukin 10), HGF (hepatocyte growth factor), Alpha2-macroglobulin and IL-1RA (interleukin 1 receptor antagonist) in cryopreserved amniotic membranes at 1 and 18 months and, as a secondary objective, to detect mRNA corresponding to KGF, IL-1Ra, Alpha2-macroglobulin, Fas Ligand, TGF beta (transforming growth factor beta) and Lumican by RT-PCR in membranes preserved at 1 and 18 months.

Material And Methods: Four samples of amniotic membrane were divided into 2 groups: the first group (N=2) cryopreserved for 1 month and the second group (N=2) cryopreserved for 18 months, in order to be studied by RT-PCR and ELISA.

Results: RT-PCR detected KGF, IL-1Ra, Alpha2-macroglobulin, Fas Ligand, and Lumican.

Treatment of cystoid macular edema in homozygous twins with glutathione synthetase deficiency and retinal dystrophy.

Monozygotic twins with glutathione synthetase deficiency, progressive retinal dystrophy and cystoid macular edema were followed for foveal changes on optical coherence tomography under different treatment modalities. The purpose of the study is to show the effect of topical dorzolamide in conjunction with systemic acetazolamide in terms of decreasing macular edema in this specific disease. The results showed that systemic acetazolamide alone or in combination with topical dorzolamide decreased CME in both patients for a certain period of time.

Résultats pressionnels et visuels à long terme de la sclérectomie profonde dans le glaucome congénital primitif.

Objective: To estimate long term future of pressure and vision of children who underwent DS for CPG.

Material And Methods: Children affected by CPG, aged from 1 day to 3 years at the time of the diagnosis were retrospectively included between 1999 and 2014. All benefited from a DS with use of antimetabolites.