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The concentration of alpha 2-macroglobulin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, plasminogen, C3-complement, fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) and fibrinolytic activity, were studied in the aqueous humour and serum from nine patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy, 17 patients with uncomplicated senile cataract and in the secondary aqueous from six cataract patients. Finally, the aqueous humour and serum from two patients anterior uveitis were studied. An increased concentration of alpha 2-macroglobulin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, plasminogen and C3-complement was found in both the aqueous and the serum from patients with Fuchs' dystrophy when compared with the primary aqueous and serum from patients with cataract but this was only significant for alpha 1-antitrypsin in aqueous humour. A significant increase in the amount of FDP was found in the serum of the Fuchs' patients compared with the cataract patients. Fibrinolytic activity could not be demonstrated in the serum in any of the patient groups. The concentrations of the various factors found in the secondary aqueous of the cataract patients differed only slightly from the content of the primary aqueous of the Fuchs' patients.
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PMID:Fibrinolytic factors in aqueous humour and serum from patients with Fuchs' dystrophy and patients with cataract. 8 78

In 71 patients that underwent intracapsular extraction of the cataract it was possible to collect aqueous humor (a.h.) in sufficient quantities at the beginning and at the end of the operation. Using radial immunodiffusion albumin, IgG and alpha-1-antitrypsin were measured in the samples. In secondary a.h. huge variations in the concentrations were apparent. The primary permeability of the blood-aqueous barrier and the time between sampling had no influence on the relative increase of the proteins. No statistically significant difference was found between normotensives and hypertensives and patients with or without myopia of higher degree (over 6 diopters). The relative increase of proteins according to their difference in molecular weight followed the same pattern as described for anterior uveitis. In patients for whom an enzymatic zonulolysis with trypsin was used for the extraction, the relative increase of IgG was significantly smaller than in those that did not receive this treatment (P less than 0.005). The possible sources contributing to the formation of secondary a.h. are discussed.
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PMID:Immediate changes in protein-concentration in aqueous humor induced by intracapsular lens extraction in human eyes. 11 24

The ocular and systemic characteristics of 160 patients with anterior uveitis and seronegative juvenile rheumatoid arthritis are reviewed. Chronic uveitis occurred in 131 patients, 76% of whom were girls. Both eyes were involved in 70% of the cases. Band keratopathy occurred in 41% of the eyes, cataract in 42%, and secondary glaucoma in 19%. Only 11 patients had uveitis before the onset of arthritis. Notable correlations included a pauciarticular onset of arthritis in 95% of the patients, and positive tests for antinuclear antibody in 82%. Of 29 patients with acute anterior uveitis, 27 were boys. The inflammation responded well to therapy, and serious complications did not occur. At follow-up 21 patients had typical ankylosing spondylitis, and five had sacroiliitis. The incidence of positive results of tests for HLA-B27 antigen was 94%.
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PMID:Anterior uveitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. 30 91

Aqueous humour and blood from twenty cataractous patients with chronic anterior uveitis and the monopauciarticular form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis were tested for immunoglobulins G, A, and M and for autoantibodies, particularly those against nuclear antigens. The aqueous immunoglobulins were raised in the majority of patients even when the eyes were normal biomicroscopically. Raised IgG antinuclear antibodies were found in 85% of the aqueous samples. Information obtained from the study of aqueous humour from fourteen patients with senile cataract was used for statistical analysis of these data. The presence of high molecular weight immunoglobulins in the aqueous humour from patients with Still's disease suggests an abnormal blood-ocular barrier which may be responsible for the recurrence which follows an ostensibly treated primary attack of uveitis. The presence of antinuclear antibody in a few aqueous samples without a concomitant rise in the blood levels is suggestive of local antibody synthesis.
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PMID:Immunoglobulins and antinuclear antibodies in aqueous humour from patients with juvenile "rheumatoid" arthritis (Still's disease). 30 64

Prenatal and early postnatal devpelopment of eyes of Wistar rats with X-ray-induced cataract mutation was assessed histologically, to determine the events leading to cataract formation. A significant phenomenon appeared to be retinal folding, which occurred regularly at 14 to 15 days of gestation and might have pushed the lens against the cornea. A corneal reaction with the lens was indicated by corneal adhesions to the lens, seen frequently during and shortly after the period of retinal folding, and could have stimulated the epithelial hyperplasia that leads invariably to anterior polar cataract in these animals. Changes in the lens fiber cells, which could have been generated by the epithelial hyperplasia, included the sporadic detachment of newly developing fibers from the lens epithelium and the eventual swelling of the anterior ends of fibers still attached to the epithelium. The detached fibers became fusiform and developed postnatally into posterior, suture-associated vacuoles. Anterior uveitis was noted postnatally in some eyes and probably contributed to the subsequent development of the cataract. The results are discussed in the light of congenital anterior polar cataract formation reported in humans and other animals.
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PMID:Developmental ocular abnormalities in rats with X-ray--induced cataract mutation. 47 83

The vitreous body of both the healthy and the affected eyes of 25 patients suffering from unilateral acute anterior uveitis was examined by ultrasound, and the results were compared with the optical observations made on the affected eye. In 14 eyes the optical examination of the vitreous body was impossible either due to exudation in the anterior chamber or to posterior synechias of the iris or to cataract. In 17 eyes the vitreous body was acoustically highly inhomogeneous, in three eyes slightly inhomogeneous and in five eyes no acoustic changes due to exudation were found. In cases of acute anterior uveitis, ultrasound examination often provides more information than optical examination by slit lamp. Ultrasound can also be useful in the treatment and follow-up of the disease.
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PMID:Ultrasonic findings in the vitreous body in patients with acute anterior uveitis. 57

Forty-seven cases of endogenous uveitis aged 60 and above were analyzed in the retrospective study. The result shows males are more than females (1.2:1). Among the 47 cases, 28 cases (59.57%) are anterior uveitis, 18 cases (38.30%) are panuveitis. Only 1 case (2.13%) is posterior uveitis. Immediated-type uveitis is not found. Besides, 34 cases are non-granulomatosis type, more than the cases with granulomatosis type (13 cases). The major complications are secondary glaucoma (22 cases) and complicated cataract (16 cases). Immunological tests to the patients showed the unbalance of immune-regulation was mostly complicated by immune-related sickness. The cure rate was 40.58%. The invalid and deteriorative rate was 17.39%. 62.32% of the patients had the vision acuity lower than 0.3 after the treatment.
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PMID:[Endogenous uveitis in senior patients]. 130 97

Three hundred and fifty-two eyes (230 patients) with various diseases were treated with the first China-made YAG laser therapy instruments. The success rate was 100%. Two hundred and seventy-six eyes with primary angle closed glaucoma were treated by peripheral iridotomy. Postoperatively, the IOP was lowered by 0.267 kPa (2.43 mmHg). The dose and frequency of medication could then be lowered. The closed chamber angle index improved. Forty-nine eyes with membranous cataract were treated by posterior capsulotomy: Visual acuity was improved by 95%. The main complications during or immediately after operation were as follows: transient elevation of IOP, hyphema, anterior uveitis and corneal edema. All of these were well controlled.
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PMID:[YAG laser treatment in anterior segment disease of the eye]. 139 40

During a 5-year period, phacolytic uveitis was diagnosed in 202 eyes of 151 dogs admitted to the veterinary teaching hospital. The diagnosis of phacolytic uveitis was based on the finding of a cataractous lens and anterior uveitis, unassociated with other identifiable causes of uveal inflammation. The most commonly affected breeds were the Toy and Miniature Poodle (35%) and the American Cocker Spaniel (19%). The mean age was 7.0 years for all breeds, 5.1 years for the Cocker Spaniel, and 9.0 years for the Poodle breeds. Evidence of cataract resorption was visible in 72% of the eyes. Fifty-one dogs were affected bilaterally and 100 dogs unilaterally. The mean interval between recognition of the cataract and the onset of lens-induced uveitis (LIU) was 17 months; mean times of 25 and 11 months were seen in the Poodle breeds and American Cocker Spaniel, respectively. The mean age of dogs requiring greater than 1 revisit before the inflammation had subsided was 5.5 years. Complications, referable to the uveitis, were seen in 14% of eyes, the most important of which were glaucoma (16 eyes) and phthisis bulbi (9 eyes). Lens extraction surgery was done on 50 LIU-affected eyes, and on 35 normal eyes in LIU-affected animals. The 2- and 6-month success rates for LIU-affected eyes were 78 and 39%, respectively, and for normal eyes in LIU-affected animals were 85 and 71%, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Lens-induced uveitis in dogs: 151 cases (1985-1990). 139 7

A 51-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis had intracapsular cataract extraction and anterior chamber lens implantation in the left eye in 1985. He had localized sclerokeratitis around the corneal section and a protracted anterior uveitis in the immediate postoperative period. He developed a spontaneous extrusion of the implant in 1991 (six years later). The extrusion was through a site 1.5 mm posterior to the previous surgical section. There was no corneal decompensation or corneal melt and no history of trauma. Signs of localized scleritis were present. It is suggested that anterior chamber lens implantation should be avoided under these circumstances.
J Cataract Refract Surg 1992 Sep
PMID:Spontaneous extrusion of an intraocular lens implant. 140 63


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