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Case Report: A 36-year-old man went to the emergency department the day after exposure to a laser pointer. Funduscopy revealed dispersed macular pigment alterations, and optical coherence tomography showed a disruption of the retinal layers. The visual acuity was counting fingers in both eyes. Nine months later, optical coherence tomography angiography showed a rarefaction in the choriocapillaris vascular flow in the area of the laser injuries., Discussion: The retinal layer mainly damaged by the laser injury was the retinal pigment epithelium. However, it is suggested that the laser injury could involve tissues beyond the retinal pigment epithelium, since a rarefaction of the choriocapillaris was found after exposure to the laser., (Copyright © 2018 Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Case Report: A 33-year-old man referred decreased bilateral visual acuity for five years, with no history of interest. Military profession and probably previous sun exposure. Focal pigmented lesions in the macular area of the fundus were observed, with impairment of the photoreceptor layer in the fovea, observed by optical coherence tomography (OCT), in various sectors of the fovea., Discussion: Solar retinopathy is associated with professions at risk of sun exposure. The diagnosis is based on autofluorescence and macular OCT, that later will provide key data to establish the cause., (Copyright © 2016 Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Objective: To evaluate the frequencies of various eye and/or orbital disorders by ultrasound examination in patients with ocular trauma., Materials and Methods: This prospective and descriptive study was conducted on 100 patients with ocular trauma treated in the Conde de Valenciana Institute from March to November 2014. Ultrasound examination was performed primarily using ultrasound B mode, with standardised A mode only used as correlation method. Age, gender, type of trauma, and various ultrasound findings were recorded., Results: Ocular trauma was more frequent in men (83%) compared to women (17%). The left eye was affected in 55%, and right eye in 45%, with 55% being open traumas and 45% blunt traumas. Most cases were young patients with a mean age of 33.7 years, with the group between 41 to 50 years being the most affected. Among the most frequent injuries found was the vitreous haemorrhage (45%) and posterior hyaloid detachment (38%), followed by retinal detachment (32%), and choroidal detachment (18%)., Conclusion: Ultrasound remains as the investigation method of choice in patients with ocular trauma, since it is a simple, cheap and non-invasive study, and can be very useful in providing diagnostic and prognostic information. This study demonstrated that trauma is more common in young men, with vitreous haemorrhage as the most common finding., (Copyright © 2015 Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Case Report: We present one patient that received a blunt trauma in his right eye that resulted in ocular hypotension and hypotony maculopathy. UBM demonstrated the presence of a cyclodialysis. Several months later the patient experienced spontaneous improvement. A new UBM documented the presence of an anterior synechia closing the cleft., Discussion: Ciclodyalisis is an infrequent problem. There are several treatment options, including conservative treatment, laser cyclopexy or surgical cyclopexy. Sometimes an spontaneous closure of the cleft may occur.