[Vogt Koyanagi Harada syndrome]. / Síndrome de Vogt Koyanagi Harada.

CASE REPORTS: Case 1. A female patient with visual loss and migraine who was found to have an exudative, bilateral retinal detachment. Steroid therapy was commenced initially and then cyclosporin-A added. Nine months later, her vision was 10/10 in the right eye and 9/10 in the left eye. Case 2. A female patient with unclear vision who was found to have an exudative, bilateral retinal detachment. Systemic steroid therapy was given and ultimately her vision was 9/10 in the right eye and 8/10 in the left eye. DISCUSSION: Vogt Koyanagi Harada syndrome is a bilateral granulomatous panuveitis associated with neurologic and dermatologic disorders. When a patient has exudative multifocal and bilateral retinal detachment and systemic symptomatology, the possibility of this disease needs to be suspected. Good visual prognosis is possible if early treatment is given.

[Gorlin syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome)]. / Síndrome de Gorlin (síndrome nevoide basocelular).

CLINICAL CASE: A 77 year-old male patient with Parkinson's disease and senile dementia had many facial basal cell carcinomas and an ectropion of the left eye. When he experienced respiratory difficulty he was diagnosed to have an ameloblastoma in left nostril requiring surgery. DISCUSSION: Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by basal cell carcinomas, and skeletal and neurological anomalies. The presence of multiple basal cell carcinomas on the eyelids in a child or in a young patient should alert ophthalmologists to the possibility of this syndrome.

Síndrome de Gorlin (Síndrome neovoide basocelular) / Gorlin syndrome. (Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome)

Caso clínico: Varón de 77 años con enfermedad de Parkinson y demencia senil. Presentaba múltiples carcinomas basocelulares faciales y ectropión en ojo izquierdo. Comenzó con insuficiencia respiratoria y fue diagnosticado de ameloblastoma en fosa nasal izquierda e intervenido quirúrgicamente. Discusión: El síndrome de Gorlin es una enfermedad autosómica dominante caracterizada por carcinomas basocelulares, anomalías esqueléticas y del sistema nervioso. Su pronóstico depende de la evolución de las lesiones malignas. Es importante sospechar un síndrome de Gorlin en pacientes jóvenes con múltiples carcinomas basocelulares o en pacientes que acuden al oftalmólogo con estas lesiones a nivel palpebral, ya que su seguimiento es fundamental

Clinical case: A 77 year-old male patient with Parkinson’s disease and senile dementia had many facial basal cell carcinomas and an ectropion of the left eye. When he experienced respiratory difficulty he was diagnosed to have an ameloblastoma in left nostril requiring surgery. Discussion: Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by basal cell carcinomas, and skeletal and neurological anomalies. The presence of multiple basal cell carcinomas on the eyelids in a child or in a young patient should alert ophthalmologists to the possibility of this syndrome (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2008; 83: 321-324)