A new B-scan ultrasonographic technique for observing ciliary body detachment.
We developed a new B-scan ultrasonographic technique for observing ciliary body detachment. Our technique uses a water-bath immersion method in which a real-time A- and B-mode contact scanner is employed. A ciliary body detachment can be ultrasonographically observed either as a separation of the ciliary body from the sclera or as a swelling of the ciliary body region. This technique makes it possible to diagnose ciliochoroidal detachment accurately while a pathologic change is still localized in the ciliary body region.
D002924:Ciliary Body; D006801:Humans; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis