[Involvement of the posterior eye segment in HLA B27(+) iridocyclitis. Incidence. Value of surgical treatment]. / Atteintes du segment postérieur de l'oeil dans les iridocyclites HLA B27 (+). Fréquence. Intérêt du traitement chirurgical.

46 patients with the association of acute anterior uveitis and the presence of HLA B27 antigen were studied. Ankylosing spondylitis was found in 19 patients (41.3%). Ophthalmoscopy showed a diffuse vitreous haze in 63%, a macular disease in 21.7%, a papillitis in 17.4%. We performed pars plana vitrectomy on 8 patients (10 eyes) with severe posterior uveitis and/or cystoid macular edema. The postoperative follow-up period averaged 14 months with visual acuity improvement in 5 eyes. The surgical indications are described.

[A case of multiple epitheliopathy associated with sub-retinal neovascularization]. / Un cas d'épithéliopathie en plaques associé à des néovaisseaux sous-rétiniens.

Gass described the acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy in 1968. The disturbance of visual function is generally temporary with subsequent recovery. We describe one case of peripapillary and macular neovascularization with decreasing visual acuity due to macular haemorrhage followed by a fibro-glial scar. The pathogeny of the syndrome can explain the possible neovascularization. Neovascularization has been more often described with serpiginous choroiditis.