Familial central retinal vein occlusion.

Aim: To report four cases of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) in a French family.

Patients And Methods: Ophthalmological examination and medical work-up of seven members of the family.

Results: There were four cases of CRVO in two consecutive generations.

[Retinal vein occlusion and hyperhomocysteinemia].

Introduction: Previous studies have reported that an elevated plasma homocysteine level is a risk factor for vascular disease. The aim of this study is to determine whether hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and whether it is a prognostic factor.

Patients And Methods: The plasma homocysteine level was measured in 101 patients and compared to the plasma homocysteine level of controls.

[Unexplained bilateral optic disk edema. So-called idiopathic intracranial hypertension of drug origin should be suspected].

In 2 clinical cases of bilateral optic disk oedema, the optic disk oedema was part of a so-called benign, or rather idiopathic, intracranial hypertension. Aetiological investigations were unable to detect any intracranial or systemic anomaly, except the fact that both patients had been on a long-term treatment. The first, a 35-year-old man, was taking Roaccutane (isotretinoin) for acne, for at least 5 years, Supradyne (containing vitamin A) minimum 1 pill per day.

[In utero study of the eye of normal fetuses. Static ultrasonographic aspects and clinical implications].

Purpose Of The Study: Some ocular diseases are detected by amniotic fluid analysis. However, some serious eye malformations are only detected at birth. By analogy to other organs, we were concerned by fetal sonography studying in utero ocular structures.

[Role of antisepsis in the preventive chemo-antibiotic treatment of postoperative endophthalmitis].

A protocol associating chemoprophylaxis and two-agent flash antibioprophylaxis was performed for more than two years in order to prevent postoperative endophthalmitis in elective open-globe surgery. The aim of this study is to appreciate whether antibiotic therapy is really useful as a complement to chemoprophylaxis. Three successive conjunctival scrapings were performed in the operating room: two before surgery (one before and one after conjunctival disinfection by povidone iodine), and the third one at the end of the operation.

[A case of tuberculoma of the orbit with sphenoidal origin].

We report the case of an orbital and sphenoidal tuberculosis observed in a young Indian man living in France. The orbital disease is presenting as an orbital mass with a radiologic bony lytic aspect, without systemic manifestation. A malignant process was suspected.

[Surgery of idiopathic epiretinal macular membranes. A retrospective statistical study of the functional result. Apropos of 42 treated cases].

Presentation of 42 glial idiopathic epiretinal macular membranes, surgically removed. Complications are rare. The functional improvement is greater if the operation is carried out when the visual acuity is low but the final result is better if eyes are operated when the visual acuity is still good.