Solitary sarcoid granuloma of the iris mimicking tuberculosis: a case report.

Introduction. We report a case of a male patient presented with sarcoid lesions of the iris and conjunctiva, mimicking tuberculosis due to epithelioid cell granulomas with small central necrosis in conjunctival biopsy. Patient.

Morphometric age-related evaluation of small retinal vessels by scanning laser Doppler flowmetry: determination of a vessel wall index.

Background: Measurement of the retinal vessel wall thickness may contribute to the diagnosis of microvascular diseases. We present a methodical approach to calculate these alterations and to determine age-related differences.

Methods: One hundred fifty-three subjects without eye or internal diseases (mean age +/- SD, 47.

Long-term results of phototherapeutic keratectomy for corneal map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy (Cogan-Guerry).

Purpose: Patients with corneal map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy suffer typically from recurrent corneal erosion, disturbed vision, or both. The purpose of this study was to assess the morphologic and functional long-term results of minimal invasive subepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for corneal map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy.

Methods: Of a total of 390 PTKs performed between October 1994 and January 2004, 15 PTKs on 15 eyes of 11 patients were included in this single-center study.

Long-term outcome of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy for treatment of Salzmann's nodular degeneration.

Purpose: To describe the technique and evaluate the long-term success of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for treatment of Salzmann's nodular degeneration.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

Methods: This retrospective study comprised 22 eyes of 14 patients who consecutively had PTK for superficial corneal opacities in Salzmann's nodular degeneration between January 1990 and November 2003.