Dermatofibroma, a benigh tumor, invading eyelid is seldom reported. The authors experienced a case of tumor invading medial part of the left lower eyelid in a patient of eight day of age. The tumor was resected under general anesthesia and histopathological study revealed it to be dermatofibroma.
Anesthesia, General ; Eyelids ; Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous* ; Humans

From 39 eyes of 31 cases which received the cataract operation performed under the surface anesthesia by 2 specialists, 2 senior, 1 third and 1 first year residents at Red cross Society, the following results were obtained. 1. The maximal value of intraocular pressure was 19.0mmHg, minimal value, 11.5mmHg and the average, 14.9mmHg just before the cataract operation. 2. The rupture of the capsule was 21.4% and the loss of vitreous body, 7.1% in intraocular lens extrations. 3. The degree of anteior projetion of the eyes had not direct relationship with the intracapsular lens extraction. 4. All patients who received the cataract operation were required sufficient akinesia sedation. 5. Within normal intraocular pressure, the intraocular pressure didn't seem to have any effect to the loss of vitreous body.
Anesthesia ; Cataract* ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure* ; Lenses, Intraocular ; Red Cross ; Rupture ; Specialization ; Vitreous Body

Many surgical procedures for pterygium and the postoperative cares for the prevention of recurrences have been employed, but no satisfactory methods are available yet. The authors analyzed the surgical procedures and postoperative cares doing ordinarily by 64 ophthalmologists who replied the questionnaire sent by us to 135 all regbteted Korean Ophthalmologists. The results are as follows; 1. The most preferred surgical procedure utilized was the bare scleral method. 2. 90Sr. irradiation was done, in the majority, to prevent the postoperative recurrence then long time instillations of mitomycin-c and steroid were utilized in the remainder. 3. The most utilized dosage of total 90Sr. irradiation were 4,000-6,000 rep. and 2 or 3 fractionated irradiations were performed in the majority. 4. The recurrence rates were 4.3% at 90Sr. irradiation, 5.2% at mitomycin-c instillation and 4.7% in average.
Mitomycin ; Pterygium* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Recurrence