[Subconjunctival nodule with Dirofilaria repens]. / Nodul subconjunctival cu Dirofilaria repens.

Dirofilaria repens infection, a zoonotic illness, is rarely seen in humans; it is more frequently met over the endemic areas of the Southern Europe and Sri Lanka. The authors report a case of dirofilaria conjunctivae in a 27 year old woman from Craiova; such infections are hardly to be found in our country. Our patient presented a mobile, bulbar, subconjunctival tumoral formation which was surgically removed; immature Dirofilaria repens was revealed into it. Case particularity was that the patient had not visited any of the endemic areas. Environmental changes with global warming can lead to some new unspecific diseases in our country.

[Inflammatory ocular diseases associated with oro-dental pathology]. / Afectiuni inflamatorii oculare asociate patologiei buco-dentare.

PAPER AIM: It is presented the correlation between the uveitis and the focal dental disease with infection, irritation or allergic pathogenicity. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This study was performed on a set of 54 patients with uveitis and dental diseases patients hospitalized in the Clinic of Ophthalmology of Craiova, during 1998-1999. This correlation was observed in 38-40% of uveitis. There were also mentioned some dental damages associated with uveitis: radicular focal infections, periodontitis under prosthetic works, fights cavities, inclusions dental chronic maxillary osteitis. RESULTS: The correlation uveitis-dental diseases was noticed in 1.2-1.8% of the hospitalized patients, comparing with 3-5% in literature (including the ocular adnexa diseases). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the reality of the correlations between uveitis and dental diseases. It was relieved the importance of correlation ophthalmologist-stomatologist.

[Ocular lesions due to plant foreign bodies]. / Leziuni oculare prin corpi straini vegetali.

The results of a survey done during the period 1988-1993, regarding the cases of ocular lesions due to vegetal foreign bodies, are presented in 51.1% of the 156 cases involved patients over 50-years-old, especially from country-side, originating in accidents during agricultural labour (79.2%). The main clinical forms of the ocular lesions as well as the nature of the vegetal foreign bodies are described. Some rare clinical aspects, involving toxic-allergic mechanisms of the ocular lesions are also mentioned. Three observations of corneal ulcerations due to vegetal foreign bodies are presented, the therapeutical methods and the evolution of visual acuity during hospitalization are also described.

[The current aspects of functional amblyopia]. / Aspecte actuale în ambliopia functtionala.

Functional amblyopia consists in vision decrease, without organic reversible lesions with an adequate treatment. As etiology the most frequent clinical form is strabismic amblyopia. Different methods of diagnosis and update treatment are presented. We insist about prophylactic attitude consisting of an early depistation of the disease.