J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1998 Jun;39(6):1226-1230.
A Case of Free-floating Cyst in the Anterior Chamber Associated with Ciliary Body Cyst
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, SanoLSung MedicalCenter, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A 37-year-old patient visited the clinic with driness of eyes and 3 brown colored free-floating cyst was found in his right anterior chamber incidentally. Bilateral ciliary body cyst were also detected by ultrasound biomicroscopy. Stool examination was positive for Metagonimus yokogawai. The cyst was removed through clear cornea incision. Histopathologically, the wall of the cyst. was composed of old red blood cells and fibrotic tissue. It was speculated that a ciliary body cyst. was disloged by blunt trauma and moved into the anterior chamber.
