Bieber's Disease

Brian V. Bieber is a Swiss ophthalmologist who has made significant contributions to the development of ophthalmology and the coverage of retinal pathology. He is one of the first doctors to study eye pathologies in ultraviolet rays.

Brian W. Bieber can be considered the "father" of retinopathology, as his work on retinal pathology is of paramount importance to modern ophthalmology. The very emergence of ophthalmopathology for a doctor in the 70-80s of the last century was associated with traction of the retina, which manifested itself in the form of “bending” of the patient’s fundus, which made it possible to see central lesions. The basis for this was a simple transmitted light fundus photograph, which the patient performed for his vision once a year. However, these photographs could not only diagnose retinal detachment in patients with age-related macular degeneration, but also highlight some changes associated with pathology of the retinal vessels, such as Buerger angioretinopathy, optic neuritis or hereditary retinopathologies, which allowed the researcher to conclude that “in In a clinical setting, pathology of the retinal vessel of the ophthalmologist can be demonstrated by simple heliography [currently digital photography].”

While retinopathology remained a major phenomenon, Bieber was actively involved in histological studies of the problem. In his fundamental article, he wrote: “The pathomorphological sign “wrinkled pallor” suggests an anomaly of hypoxic vessels in the early embryonic state and visible retinal atrophy after birth. At the next stage, we observe partially oval, partially ring-shaped breaks in the pigment epithelium and dysplastic retinal vessels. In a unilateral process, extension on the cornea is shown very clearly by the unentangled position of the cornea, the diasclera, and usually also by the observed course of the anterior edges of the tear. With bilateral processes, they may not be shown, since the posterior edges often penetrate the field of view better. When the rupture is a half-stretch, it occurs anterior to the fusion of the pigment epithelial action, and, as a rule, a massive scar is formed in this place, which, after a fairly short