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N Papst

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[Retinotoxicity of intravitreous injection of cefmenoxime].

The semisynthetic third generation cephalosporin cefmenoxime was injected through the pars plana into the mid-vitreous in seven rabbit eyes. The drug dosage varied between 0.5 and 15 mg. Seven control eyes were injected only with 0.9% NaCl-solution. Electroretinography was performed before injection and 1 week post injection. The rabbits were anesthetized by intramuscular application of ketanine (Ketanest). Immediately after the second ERG the eyes were enucleated and prepared for both light and electron microscopy. Light microscopy showed only slight retinotoxic effects. Electron microscopy revealed beginning toxic necrosis of the outer segments of the photoreceptors following drug doses equal to or greater than 2 mg. Significant changes in the ERG were not noted in any of the treated eyes. The toxicity of cefmenoxime and other cephalosporins reported in the literature is discussed together with the clinical relevance of the findings.

Animals

[New findings in Oguchi disease].

The authors report on clinical and electrophysiological studies of a patient with Type I Oguchi's disease. Numerous small pigmentations of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) causing focal disruption of the Oguchi reflex were observed, a phenomenon which has not previously been reported. Consistent with reports of pathologic changes in the RPE, an abnormal electro-oculogram (EOG) was recorded in this patient. On the basis of this information, the pigmentations were interpreted as dysplastic changes.

Adolescent

[Pattern ERG in X-chromosome juvenile retinoschisis].

Typical electroretinographic findings in x-chromosomal juvenile retinoschisis are a normal a-wave and a reduced b-wave suggesting that the primary defect is located at the level of the bipolar cell layer whereas deeper retinal structures are not basically affected. The marked amplitude reduction in the pattern-ERG suggests to look for the origin of response in the inner retinal layer or in subsequent structures.

Child

[Autosomal dominant infantile optic atrophy: ascending or descending degeneration?].

All patients with autosomal dominant infantile optic atrophy had a normal electro-oculogram (EOG) and a normal luminance electroretinogram (L-ERG). Patients with a typical blue sensitivity defect at the time of investigation had a normal pattern electroretinogram (P-ERG), while the visually evoked cortical potentials to pattern stimuli (P-VECP) showed a delayed latency and a decreased amplitude. Only in severe cases of the disease where the blue sensitivity defect was masked by a progressive concomitant colour blindness was there a reduced amplitude in the P-ERG. The P-VECP in these cases was not recordable. The findings suggest that the primary process in autosomal dominant infantile optic atrophy is in the optic nerve, the inner layers of the retina being affected secondarily.

Adult