Fluorescent iridography evidenced that postthrombotic retinopathy is associated with pathologic changes in the iridal vessels, increase of the circulation time, impaired angioarchitectonics, development of shunts and collaterals, in some cases of new vessels. The degree of the pathologic changes in the iris correlates with the severity of the underlying condition. Extravasal release of fluorescein from the iridal and ciliary vessels evidences an impairment of the permeability of the anterior section of the ++hemato-ophthalmic barrier in postthrombotic retinopathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors sum up the results of comprehensive examination of all the principal structures of the eyeball in patients with tapetoretinal abiotrophy. Present-day methods of investigation were employed, that helped reveal a generalized pattern of the pathologic process in this condition. The detected shifts should be borne in mind when choosing a method for cataract extraction in such patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors analyze the results of examinations of 50 patients (70 eyes) with complicated high myopia, corrected by contact lenses. The mean visual acuity of patients in spectacles has been 0.21, in contact lenses 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVestn Otorinolaringol
May 2002