[In vitro measurement of whole blood gamma interferon as a diagnostic tool in primary ocular tuberculosis].

Tuberculosis (infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis) remains a public health problem with increasing incidence. The diagnosis of primary ocular tuberculosis is troublesome because of the low sensitivity and poor specifity of routine diagnostic methods and the problems obtaining reliable samples. We report the cases of two patients, one immunocompromised male and one immunocompetent male, presenting chorioretinitis with high clinical suspicion of ocular tuberculosis.

Bilateral macular detachment caused by bilateral optic nerve malformation in a papillorenal syndrome due to a new PAX2 mutation.

Purpose: Papillorenal syndrome is an autosomal dominant entity due to PAX2 gene mutation, involving optic nerve and renal malformations.

Methods: The authors report a 19-year-old man with bilateral macular detachment associated with optic nerve pit in one eye and morning glory syndrome in the other eye. The patient underwent three-port pars plana vitrectomy, endolaser photocoagulation, and C3F8 gas tamponade in his best eye.

[The Mydriasert insert: an alternative to eye drops for preangiographic mydriasis].

Purpose: Mydriasert is an insoluble ophthalmic insert, gradually releasing two well-known active ingredients: phenylephrine and tropicamide. It is indicated in presurgical mydriasis. The purpose was to evaluate its efficacy in obtaining mydriasis required for fluorescein angiography.

[Bilateral anterior acute ischemic optic neuropathy complicating optic nerve head drusen. Apropos of a case].

A case of bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION) which is related to buried optic nerve head drusen is presented. Such an etiology has rarely been described and is poorly-documented in the literature. This etiologic diagnosis is brought by the imaging techniques: fluorescein angiography, B-scan ultrasonography and computed tomography.