A Case of Free-floating Cyst in the Anterior Chamber Associated with Ciliary Body Cyst.

Kwon, Gae Rang; Yang, Jong Gyoo; Kee, Changwon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1998;39(6):1226-1230.
Published online June 1, 1998.

A Case of Free-floating Cyst in the Anterior Chamber Associated with Ciliary Body Cyst.

Gae Rang Kwon, Jong Gyoo Yang, Changwon Kee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, SanoLSung MedicalCenter, Seoul, Korea.

모양체낭포를 동반한 전방내 유리 부유낭포

권계랑(Gae Rang Kwon),양종규(Jong Gyoo Yang),기창원(Chang Won Kee)

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.

Key Words: Ciliary body cyst;Free-floating cyst;Ultrasound biomicroscopy