Retinal detachment in the mentally retarded.

Purpose: To report the clinical features and surgical outcomes of retinal detachment in mentally retarded patients.

Methods: Retrospective review of records of mentally retarded patients who had retinal reattachment surgery at the authors' institutions between February 1994 and February 2000. There were 8 patients with 13 surgically treated eyes.

Severe ocular and orbital toxicity after intracarotid injection of carboplatin for recurrent glioblastomas.

Background: Glioblastoma is a malignant tumor that occurs in the cerebrum during adulthood. With current treatment regimens including combined surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, the average life expectancy of the patients is limited to approximately 1 year. Therefore, patients with glioblastoma sometimes have intracarotid injection of carcinostatics added to the treatment regimen.