[Acute endophthalmitis--surgical treatment or conservative therapy].

Acute endophthalmitis is an ophthalmological emergency. Immediate therapy is recommended in order to maintain a normal anatomic and functional ocular globe, according to the most recent guidelines. Surgical therapy and intravitreal drug injection represent standard treatments.

[Complications of internal tamponade with gas or silicone].

This article presents the vitreous substitutes used in vitreoretinal surgery, emphasizing the complications of intraocular tamponade: refractive considerations, common toxicity of gases and silicone oil, specific toxicity of silicone oil, intraocular pressure abnormalities and lenticular complications.

[Glaucoma, hydrocephaly and quadrantanopsias].

The authors present the case of a male patient who was diagnosed with juvenile glaucoma after an ophthalmologic examination. The patient had a previous diagnosis: hydrocephaly.

[Horton disease--ophthalmologic involvement].

The authors present the case of a female patient with giant cell arteritis diagnosed after an ophthalmologic examination.

[Protein C reactive and glaucoma].

Purpose: To observe the possible implications of the C reactive protein in pathogenesis of the glaucoma.

Methods: A clinical observational prospective study on 2 groups: group A 14 glaucomatous patients and group B--control (12 normal subjects) without history of ocular pathology or general pathology known to be associated with high plasma levels of CRP. The groups were homogeneous about the age and sex distribution.