2.The Effect of Chlordiazepoxide (Olympia) on Central Serous Retinopathy.
Moo Shik SOHN ; Chang Shoo CHOI
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1964;5(2):47-53
Central serous retinopathies were arbitrarily divided into two groups; one mainly with edema of the macula and the other with discoloration opacity and a number of tiny yellow spots in and around the macula. Eight cases of central serous retinopathy with macular edema were selected to have oral administration of chlordiazepoxide, 20mg to 60mg a day. Of eight cases of the variety, six cases showed a marked improvement of visual acuity and a complete subsidence of macular edema within ten days after the administration of the drug. Two other cases were also benefitted by the regime. The drug was found to be equally effective even in the patients who had been on the other treatments for varying lengths of time without success. The mode of action of the drug is not yet fully understood. It is, however, assumed that the effectiveness of the drug on the disease might be due to relief of the stress which, in turn, leads to the relaxation of spasm of the retinal and or choroidal arterioles in the vicinity of the macula.
Administration, Oral
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Arterioles
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Central Serous Chorioretinopathy*
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Chlordiazepoxide*
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Choroid
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Edema
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Humans
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Macular Edema
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Relaxation
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Retinaldehyde
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Spasm
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Visual Acuity
3.A Case of subretinal cystiercosis.
Chang Shoo CHOI ; Jong Won RHEE
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1966;7(2):101-103
101-103 The authors have recently experienced a case of subretinal cysticercosis which simulated choroidal melanoma. Although it is benign variety, the eye was enucleated since the lesion was in the macular area and the patient was thought not to be able to gain an useful central vision after treatment. In the review of the literatures, the subretinal cysticercosis seems to occur much more frequently than the other ocular cysticercosis and it is very hard to get an exact diagnosis. The surgical removal may be difficult in procedure and the prognoses are poor in the cases of macular invorvement.
Choroid
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Cysticercosis
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Diagnosis
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Humans
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Melanoma
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Prognosis
4.Studies on retrobulbar optic neuritis: I. Clinical findimgs.
Chang Shoo CHOI ; Jung Woo YOUN ; Jong Won RHEE
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1966;7(2):27-31
Authors experienced 100 cases of retrobulbar optic neuritis among the patients who visited the Chang Shoo Choi Eye Clinic during the last 2 years, from September 1, 1964 to August 31, 1966. The chief complaints are asthenopia, blurring vision, ocular pain, headache and photophobia. Of 100 cases, 46 cases wanted to be refracted. The corrected visual acuities are not always poor, though they are very variable from time to time as the tests are processing. The most cases revealed central relative scotomas instead of cecocentrals as previously believed. Fields are taken with glasses if corrected. In our cases, the age distribution of the patients are very interesting, the most susceptible age groups are 11~13 years.
Age Distribution
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Asthenopia
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Eyeglasses
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Glass
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Headache
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Humans
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Optic Neuritis*
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Photophobia
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Scotoma
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Vision, Ocular
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Visual Acuity
5.A case of retinoblastoma cured by x-ray radiation.
Chang Shoo CHOI ; Jong Won RHEE ; Yung Hi RHEE
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1966;7(2):97-100
The authors present a case of bilateral retinoblastoma occured in a six months old baby. The right eye, the advanced, was enucleated immediately and the left eye was treated with x-ray radiation giving 5,400r (tumor dose) in four weeks. A cataract developed in five years after the radiation therapy, which masked the pictures of the fundus and was extracted intracapsularily using alpha-chymotripsin. After the surgery, repeated funduscopy revealed no definite signs of recurrence.
Cataract
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Masks
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Recurrence
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Retinoblastoma*