|
 
 |
| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
|
| Year : 2022 | Volume
: 2
| Issue : 2 | Page : 623 |
|
All that dislocates is not lens - Unusual case of a free-floating vitreous cyst
Ram S Ravindran1, Piyush Kohli1, R Vigneshwar2
1 Department of Vitreo-Retinal Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of General Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
| Date of Web Publication | 13-Apr-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Ram S Ravindran
Department of Vitreo-retinal Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2349_21
How to cite this article:
Ravindran RS, Kohli P, Vigneshwar R. All that dislocates is not lens - Unusual case of a free-floating vitreous cyst. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022;2:623 |
How to cite this URL:
Ravindran RS, Kohli P, Vigneshwar R. All that dislocates is not lens - Unusual case of a free-floating vitreous cyst. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep [serial online] 2022 [cited 2022 May 24];2:623. Available from: https://www.ijoreports.in/text.asp?2022/2/2/623/342946 |
A 40-year-old patient came to our outpatient department with complaints of defective near vision. The patient had no complaints of floaters, redness, or pain. The patient also gave no history of trauma. On examination, his best-corrected visual acuity was 6/6 in both eyes. Posterior segment examination of the right eye revealed a medium-sized cystic mass with brownish pigments over its surface floating in the vitreous cavity in the inferotemporal quadrant [Figure 1]a. | Figure 1: (a) Optos wide-field image showing pigmented vitreous cyst near the inferior arcade. (b) UBM of the right eye was normal and no ciliary body cysts were found. (c) B-scan revealed the inferotemporal location of the cyst without hyperdense echo within the cyst, thereby ruling out a scolex
Click here to view |
B-scan [Figure 1]c revealed the inferotemporal location of the cyst measuring around 4.24 × 3.88 mm without hyperdense echo within the cyst thereby ruling out a scolex.[1] UBM [Figure 1]b of the right eye was normal and no ciliary body cysts were found.
The first documented case report of a vitreous cyst was reported by Tansley in 1899.[2] The most important clinical dilemma is to differentiate them from acquired causes, most notably being melanoma and cysticercosis. Acquired cysts are usually creamy-white with accompanying inflammation. Few investigations such as B-scan can identify if the cyst is of a parasitic nature (presence of hyperchogenecity within the cyst suggestive of a scolex);[1],[3] UBM to see whether any remnants or mass in the uveal tissue can also be done as in our case.
As the cyst was an incidental finding and the investigations were found to be normal, the patient was advised glasses for near-vision correction.
Declaration of patient consent
The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form the patient(s) has/have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
Financial support and sponsorship
Nil.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
| References | |  |
| 1. | Ganger A, Agarwal R, Kumar V. Asymptomatic free-floating vitreous cyst masquerading as cysticercosis. BMJ Case Rep 2016;2016. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016217690.  |
| 2. | Tansley JO. Cyst of the vitreous. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1899;8:507-9. |
| 3. | Majumdar PD, Ganesh NG, Tomar VPS, Kharel R, Sen P. Pigmented free floating vitreous cyst in a 10 years old child. Nepal J Ophthalmol 2017;9:190-3. |
[Figure 1]
|
Search Pubmed for