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The article based on scientific research gives the description of radio-wave investigation of infiltrative processes in the lungs. A new method of studies - trance-resonant functional topography - has been used. Some new diagnostical criteria for identification and specification of infiltrative disease of thorax have been presented and some problems of diagnostics of inflammatory infiltrative changes of lower respiratory tract (pneumonia, sarcoidosis and lung cancer) have been solved

The prospective research with some elements of double-blind study has been done to investigate accuracy of our overheated resonance radio-emission in identification of some serious inflammations of internals of a thorax. A new method of studies - trance-resonant functional topography- has been used. The authors made an investigation with the help of the “Trance-resonant functional topograph (TRF- topograph)” apparatus in 250 patients (in 120 patients with pneumonia and in 50 patientwith acute bronchitis) and in 80 healthy persons. It was found that patient had a rise of the resonant- waves reaction as above the region of a pathological process (inflammation) and total the resonant- waves reaction in region of examination. After treatment in many patients there was found elevation of the resonant-waves response in healthy persons. Some new diagnostical criteria for identification and localization of inflammatory chest disease were presented and some problems of diagnostics ofinflammation of lower respiratory tract (pneumonia, acute bronchitis).

D.F. Belov1, V.G. Korotkov1, P.A. Nikitin2, I.V. Terekhova1, Ya.S. Konenkova1 1City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 2, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation 2Scientific and Clinical Center No. 2 of the Academician B.V. Petrovskiy Russian Scientific Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation Endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) is a severe inflammatory disease resulting from hematogenous dissemination of pathogenic agents (bacteria, fungi) from the primary focus into the choroid due to impaired permeability of blood-ocular barrier. Retina, vitreous body, and anterior chamber are further involved. This paper describes a 61-year-old woman with EE associated with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Ocular inflammation was preceded by bacteremia. Clinical signs of EE included vitreitis, choroidal effusion, and exudative retinal detachment followed by amaurosis and phthisis bulbi. In 2008, the woman was diagnosed with AIH of unknown origin. Insulin-dependent diabetes developed secondary to treatment with prednisolone. After canceling steroids, AIH progressed to cirrhosis. Here, the development of EE was probably associated with secondary immunodeficiency in the setting of AIH. The timely diagnosis of EE is important for selecting an effective treatment strategy that involves intravitreal antibiotics and vitrectomy. Ophthalmologists should be aware of previous fever or flu-like disorder, severe ocular inflammation (hypopion, vitreitis, choroidal effusion, retinal detachment), no red reflex, and severe vision loss. Keywords: endogenous endophthalmitis, autoimmune hepatitis, vitrectomy, intravitreal injections, and phthisis bulbi, hypopyon, choroid, bacteremia, cirrhosis, retinal detachment. For citation: Belov D.F., Korotkov V.G., Nikitin P.A., Terekhova I.V., Konenkova Ya.S. Endogenous endophthalmitis associated with autoimmune hepatitis: case report. Russian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2023;23(3):164–169 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.32364/2311-7729-2023-23-3-9.