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K Kaimbo

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PubMed1992

[Anterior lenticonus, suggesting Alport syndrome. Apropos of a first case in Zaire].

Anterior lenticonus is a rare condition, in which there is a conical or spherical protrusion of the anterior surface into the anterior chamber. This is demonstrated by this case report, which has not been previously described in the Black African or Zairian ophthalmological literature. The patient was 28 years old and complained of gradual deterioration of vision over several years. The visual acuity was 20/200. The slit lamp biomicroscope showed an anterior lenticonus with microopacities of the lens. On fundus examination, a fundus albipunctatus-like appearance with midperipheral retinal flecks and macular hole were found. The presence of associated ocular abnormalities, deafness and hematuria, is suggestive of Alport's syndrome.

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PubMed1992

Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis. Report of three cases from Zaire.

The authors report three cases of conjunctival rhinosporidiosis from Zaire, two of which are believed to be the first documented in the northeastern part of the country. All patients were males. Two patients were very young children, respectively 5 and 6 years old. The third patient was a 35-year-old man. The diagnosis was based on histopathology which revealed the characteristic features of Rhinosporidium seeberi. Total excision was the elective treatment. The disease recurred eleven months later in one case, probably from local dissemination of the parasite during surgery.

Adult↗
PubMed1988

[Amplitude of accommodation in Zairian subjects].

The authors studied the amplitude of accommodation in Zairian patients who consulted the Ophthalmic Clinic of University of Kinshasa from February 24 to July 31, 1986. During this period, of 1326 Zairians seen, 159 (318 eyes) were included in this study. Patients with monocular visual acuities less than 10/10, or with ocular pathology, astigmatisms and anisometropias exceeding one diopter were excluded from the study. The mean age +/- SD was 32 years +/- 12 with a range of 10 to 58 years. There were 101 males and 58 females. The measurements were performed, once for each patient, with Osterberg Bino-Oculus apparatus according to the "push-up" method and the plus spherical method. The amplitude of accommodation decreased with the age. This decrease was more notable between 30 and 40 years. The age of onset of presbyopia calculated from the amplitude of accommodation according to the "push-up" method was 39 years. The values of the amplitude of accommodation obtained by the both methods could be superposed (p greater than 0.05). They were similar to those of black patients and were also inferior to the white patients obtained by other authors.

Accommodation, Ocular↗
PubMed1988

[Surgical treatment of pterygium: 24 cases of excision].

Forty-two eyes (32 patients) with pterygia were treated with simple excision at the Ophthalmologic Clinic of University of Kinshasa during a four year period (from Jan. 1, 1983, to Dec. 31, 1986). The mean age of patients with pterygia was 36 years (range of 22 to 70 years). Nineteen (59%) patients were males and thirteen (41%) were females. Twenty (48%) pterygia affected right and left eyes and 9 (21%) pterygia affected the right eye and 13 (31%) the left eye. The pterygia were classified in four stages according to the degree of penetration from the surface of the cornea. Most of the excised pterygia were at stage one or two. With an average follow-up of six months (range, one to 34 months), 10 (24%) of the eyes had recurrences following their primary irrespective of the eye condition and the stage of advancement. Rate of recurrence of pterygium after primary excision was higher before the age of 40 years. The recurrences were also twice higher in females than in males. Excision of the recurrent pterygia indicated a recurrence rate of 100%. These results confirm that simple resection was not indicated for recurrent pterygium, which could be treated with an other surgical technique as previously recommended. The results of this study showed that the primary excision could be reserved only for pterygium at stage 1 or 2 after the age of 40 years.

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PubMed1988

[Causes of enucleation in Zaire].

The primary causes of 143 enucleations in Zaïre are reviewed. Trauma is the most important cause (37 per cent) and the next in importance is malignant tumor. The male:female ratio is 1.2:1.

Adolescent↗