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Pigmented Vitreous Cyst
William J. Flynn, MD;
Dean W. Carlson, MD;
Malcolm N. Luxenberg, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(1):5.
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A 13-YEAR-OLD white, female patient was referred for evaluation of an intraocular mass. She had noted a large floater in her right eye for many years. There was no history of eye trauma. Corrected visual acuity was 20/15 OU. The anterior and posterior segments were normal except for a single, multilobed, spherical cyst in the vitreous cavity of the right eye (Figure 1 and Figure 2). With the patient's head upright, the cyst rested in an infero-temporal position. The cyst walls were speckled with brown pigment. It was free floating without any attachments and with no surrounding inflammatory cells. No ciliary body mass was noted. Ultrasonography confirmed the cystic nature of the mass (Figure 3).
COMMENT
The etiology of free-floating vitreous cysts is uncertain. A histopathologic report of one such cyst supports a hypothesis that they originate from the pigmented ciliary epithelium.1 Both congenital and traumatic origins have been proposed. Symptomatic cysts that significantly interfere
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Author Affiliations
Contributors; Section Editor
From the Wilford Hall Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Lackland AFB, Tex.
Footnotes
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of Defense or other departments of the US government.
Selected from Arch Ophthalmol. 1994;112:1113. Photo Essay.
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