ABSTRACT
There has been increased dialysis because of chronic renal failure, and also has been increased cataractous changes. We found 8 eyes(5 patients) who were under dialysis and also had cataractous changes. They received cataract operations. The results were obtained as follows: 1. Male to female ratio is 4:1 and the average age of cataract patients is 45 years old. 2. The cataractous changes after dialysis occurred within 1 year(except example 1). 3. We found that the cataracts developed from posterior subcapsule of lens(except example 1) and the corrected visual acuity at 2 months after surgery were over 0.5. 4. There were no serious problems after surgery(routine I.C.C.E.). 5. On blood chemistry, the average calcium level was 7.88mg% (hypocalcemic state), and we suggest that this condition may be related with cataractous changes.
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Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Calcium , Cataract , Chemistry , Dialysis , Kidney Failure, Chronic , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
The authors have experienced a case of extrascleral extension of choroidal malignant melanoma. The patient has suffered from the ocular pain and proptosis of right eye. We performed Kronlein operation under the clinical impression of the retrobulbar mass and obtained the histopathological diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Fifteen days after the operation, we performed exenteration and the rotation flap of temporalis muscle was inserted into the right eye ball socket through the lateral wall of the orbit.
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Humans , Choroid , Diagnosis , Exophthalmos , Melanoma , OrbitABSTRACT
Sympathetic ophthalmia is a rare, diffuse, granulomatous inflammation of the entire uvea, usually bilateral, which occurs days, months, or years after penetrating ocular injury or intraocular surgery. This presented case was a 34 years old male patient injured his left eye suspecting a scleral laceration. The exciting eye(left) was eviscerated 8 days after injury and sympathetic eye(right) was developed sympathetic ophthalmia 8 weeks after injury. A brief review of the related literatures is presented.