title: Transformation of corneal epithelial cyst into anterior chamber implantation cyst and scleral cyst: a rare occurrence.
abstract: An 8-year-old boy underwent a penetrating keratoplasty for a corneal epithelial cyst. After surgery an anterior chamber implantation cyst appeared. Repeated Neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser treatments failed to eradicate this cyst; it later extended into the sclera together with the collapse of the anterior chamber cyst. The possible mechanism underlying the development of these cysts is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Avni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cahane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Naveh
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000009:adverse effects*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity