[The efficacy of acyclovir treatment in the therapy of herpetic keratitis]. / Eficienta tratamentului cu acyclovir în terapia keratitei herpetice.

There were investigated 51 patients, 19 female and 32 male, with ages between 12 and 80 years, hospitalized in the Dept. Ophthalm. of the City Hospital of Arad, during 1995-1997. From these, 21 had the clinical diagnosis of superficial keratitis, typical form of dendritic ulcer, 7 had non-typical forms, and 4 had stromal keratitis; 19 patients recurred. The diagnosis of herpetic keratitis was established correlating the clinical aspect with the cytologic examination, made on conjunctivo-corneane smears. A number of 32 patients received a specific treatment with Acyclovir, in an ointment form in local applications and on general route orally; there were also associated mydriatics and epitelizants of the cornea. The evolution of the disease was evaluated by comparing results obtained in different groups of patients.

[Methods for resolving facial carcinomatosis]. / Modalitati de rezolvare a unei carcinomatoze a fetei.

This study presents the case of a patient of 57 years old, hospitalized in the Dept. Ophthalm. of the City Hospital of Arad, presenting a face carcinomas with the following locations: the inferior left eyelid, the area between the eyebrows, the nose pyramid, the right nasogenian area, the right preauricular area. The surgical intervention was made in one step the had oncologic free borders, and the recovery of the skin and of the mucous membranes were performed through plastic surgeries. After one year from the intervention, the patient did not present recurrence.

[The value of the cytological exam in the diagnosis of allergic conjunctivitis]. / Valoarea examenului citologic în diagnosticul conjunctivitelor alergice.

Cytologic investigations was performed in four groups of patients: central group (10 cares), without pathologic lesions; 12 patients were admitted with allergic conjunctivitis (with positive allergy tests, atopic state or clinical manifest allergic diseases), 20 cases with bacterial conjunctivitis; 8 cases with mix allergic and bacterial conjunctivitis (that hardly respond to therapy). Smears from the conjunctivae secretion were air-dried and stained with blue-polycrometanin Dragan method. Cytologic lesions characteristic for each group of patients are described. Our results suggest that cytology from the conjunctivae secretion is helpful in the diagnosis of the allergic etiology; also, it accurately the allergic components mix conjunctivitis.

[Cytological changes in patients with diabetes mellitus and corneal ulcer]. / Modificari citologice la bolnavii cu diabet zaharat si ulcer cornean.

There were studied 11 diabetic patients, insulin dependents, from 4 were with juvenile diabetes mellitus. These were hospitalized in the Dept. Ophthalm. of the City Hospital of Arad, during 1996-1998, admitted with the diagnosis of corneal ulcer. There were made samples of the gathered secretion from the level of conjunctiva and of the grataj material, gathered at the level of the edges of the corneal ulcer. All samples were stained with the BPT-Dragan method. There are described cytologic alterations, insisting on details that indicate the severity of the corneal disease. There are taken into consideration cytologic aspects in relationship with the clinical outcome of the disease, pointing out the cellular alterations which announce a nonfavourable prognosis. Cytologic results can improve the diagnosis and they are involved in therapeutic schedule.