[Diagnosis of orbital cysticercosis -- a challenge for ophthalmologist].

Cysticercosis is a cause of serious ocular/orbital morbidity. Ocular cysticercosis can involve the anterior segment, posterior segment or adnexa. The cysticercus parasite has a predilection for subconjunctival, subretinal and intravitreal structures.

[Abducens nerve palsy in a posterior communicating artery aneurysm].

We are reporting a case with decrease vision of the left eye, convergent strabismus of the left eye and diplopia. The neuro-ophthalmologic exam shows palsy of the left sixth cranial (abducens) nerve. The cerebral angiography exam reveals an aneurysm of the left communicating artery.

[Anterior optic neuropathy in Lyme disease, monosymptomatic form].

We present the case of a patient (a 21-year-old woman) with acute and complete loss vision of the left eye, and severe periodic left ocular and left orbital pain. Visual, acuity right eye = 20/20. Under steroid and nonsteroid general and local treatment, the visual acuity was improved (VA left eye = 0, 1,n.

[Colectomy in emergency surgery].

Unlike the standardised surgery of the right sided colic emergencies there is still a matter of debate on the emergency approach of the left colon and rectum. Between 1998 - 2007 on 32 patients (15 males, 17 females) we performed the single stage radical procedure total or subtotal colectomy. In the same period we performed 372 emergency operations for low intestinal occlusion.