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Within the limits of this clinical evaluation, rinsing with 0.2% alcohol-free CHX for 1 week caused more irritation to oral mucosa, greater burning sensation, and increased altered taste perception compared to the placebo rinse.

Goldenhar's Syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia) is a wide spectrum of congenital anomalies that involves structures arising from the first and second branchial arches. In this report, a case of a male infant, with the features of hemi facial microsomia, anotia, vertebral anomalies, congenital facial nerve palsy and lagophthalmos is described. Although the syndrome itself is not uncommon, the presence of congenital facial nerve palsy, which has been reported in rare cases, prompted this case report.

The results of our study show that smokers in a Turkish population had significantly more pigmented oral surfaces than nonsmokers.

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* BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in patients with Behcet's disease. * PATIENTS AND METHODS: This prospective study was based on 40 eyes of 34 patients with Behcet's disease who underwent phacoemulsification cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation between May 2000 and February 2003. Their postoperative ocular complications and visual outcomes were observed during a mean follow-up period of 18.35 ± 6.17 months (range, 6 to 32 months). * RESULTS: Postoperative visual acuity increased in 29 eyes (72.5%) and was 20/40 or better in 18 eyes (45%). It decreased in 7 eyes (17.5%), resulting in a visual acuity of 20/400 or worse. The most frequent postoperative complication was posterior capsular opacification, which developed in 15 eyes (37.5%). Other complications were posterior synechiae formation in 7 eyes (17.5%), severe inflammation in 5 eyes (12.5%), cystoid macular edema in 5 eyes (12.5%), epiretinal membrane in 3 eyes (7.5%), and optic atrophy in 2 eyes (5%). * CONCLUSION: With appropriate preoperative and postoperative suppression of inflammation, phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation are safe procedures leading to visual improvement in patients with Behcet's disease without preexisting fundus lesions. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2004;35:215-218.]

This study demonstrated that increased serum levels of inflammatory mediators including IL-6, IL-8, TNF-alpha, VEGF, and MDA were possibly involved in the development of posterior uveitis in BD.

Trabeculectomy with MMC provides reduction of IOP and the number of antiglaucoma medications in cases with secondary glaucoma associated with BD in a 1-year follow-up period.