Biomedical subjects

B Mortemousque

Publications and source records attributed to B Mortemousque.

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PubMed1990

[Permanence of chlamydia in trachomatous tissue].

Electron-microscopic examination of conjunctival and corneal biopsies from six apparently healed trachomatous patients demonstrated chlamydiae in situ. Nine previously trachomatous patients were submitted to the same biopsies; all biopsies were positives. After two months specific anti-chlamydial treatment, we observed the same result before anterior segment surgery. Nevertheless surgery was performed without consequences except for the two corneal grafts which failed. We must ask for two questions: how long chlamydial particles persist in trachomatous tissue? What is the real efficacy of topical anti-chlamydial drugs?

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Effect of peripheral deepening of radial keratotomy incisions.

BACKGROUND: Single and double deepening of the peripheral part of radial keratotomy incisions are used to increase the refractive effect. METHODS: Single peripheral deepening was performed in 52 eyes of 36 patients and double peripheral deepening in 19 eyes of 14 patients who received radial keratotomy. RESULTS: In the single peripheral deepening group, the mean change in refractive power was 4.01 diopters (D); 53.8% of eyes were within +/- 1.00 D of emmetropia; residual myopia was greater than -1.00 D in 46.2% of eyes; 65.4% of eyes achieved an uncorrected visual acuity greater than or equal to 20/40. In the double peripheral deepening group, the mean change in refractive power was 5.07 D; 52.6% of eyes wee within +/- 1.00 D of emmetropia; residual myopia was greater than -1.00 D in 47.4% of eyes; 89.4% of eyes achieved an uncorrected visual acuity greater than 20/40. The difference in mean dioptric change between the standard radial keratotomy groups and the single and double peripheral deepening groups was 0.53 D and 0.47 D, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the limited additional dioptric change compared with the standard radial keratotomy surgical technique and the increased rate of complications, we think that peripheral deepening in radial keratotomy should be avoided.

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[Actinic keratosis of the conjunctiva. Apropos of a clinical case].

We report a slowly progressive and whitish limbal conjunctival tumor that occurred in a 73-year-old man. An excisional biopsy specimen of this conjunctival tumor was submitted for histopathologic evaluation. The diagnosis of conjunctival actinic keratosis was based on following cellular abnormalities: epithelial hyperplasia acanthosis, keratosis or parakeratosis with discrete papillomatosis and some atypia. The basement membrane was intact. An area of elastotic degeneration in the subtantia propria, was considered as one of the characteristic features of this conjunctival precancerous condition related to excessive sun exposure. By hybridization in situ, the detection of human papilloma virus (HPV) was negative. Keratosis actinic needs to be distinguished from other precancerous conditions showing similar clinical features such as dysplasia and carcinoma in situ appearing to affect the prognosis.

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