R. Fusco

Stellate Maculopathy Due to Salmonella Typhi

A case of typhoid fever complicated by bilateral chorioretinitis and monolateral stellate maculopathy is reported. Clinical findings are discussed.

Inheritance of Brown's syndrome.

Two families are described with members affected by Browns syndrome. Another case of Browns syndrome is described in a dizygotic twin. The authors suggest a hypothesis for the influence of heredity in Browns syndrome.

Ocular Manifestations in Thalassemia Minor

The authors report the results of a study on 96 subjects affected with thalassemia minor. The study was made at the Center for the Study of Microcythemia of the OORR in Naples. Of extreme scientific interest is the finding of ocular involvement in 33.3% of the cases. Therefore, after formulating a pathogenetic hypothesis, the authors plan more involved studies and research on these patients.

MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE EYE IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE UNDERGOING EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION

We studied 76 patients with congenital heart disease, whose ages ranged from 2 to 39 years. The following investigations were carried out pre‐operatively and post‐operatively in all patients: visual acuity, cycloplegic refraction, orthoptic examination, examination of the fundus. Where collaboration was sufficient the following were also studied: kinetic and static perimetry, adaptation perimetry, colour vision, electroretinography. There were no differences before and after operation of visual acuity, adaptation perimetry, refraction, electroretinography or of the fundus. Post‐operative changes were only found in 4 of the 65 patients in whom perimetry was performed. By comparison, an identical study of patients with acquired heart disease showed the percentage of functional ocular changes to be higher in this group.

Empty sella syndrome. A case report

A case of empty sella complicated with bilateral quadrantanopsia, poliosis and photophobia is reported. Clinical findings are discussed.

Unilateral Inferior Altitudinal Hemianopsia, Argyll Robertson Pupil and Dendritic Keratitis in a Young Patient with Herpes Zoster

The authors describe a young patient with herpes zoster and discuss the etiopathogenesis of the complications which included unilateral inferior altitudinal hemianopsia, Argyll Robertson pupil and dendritic keratitis.