title: Long-term follow-up of free-floating epithelial inclusion cyst after radial keratotomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the benign seven year follow-up on a free-floating anterior chamber epithelial inclusion cyst that did not require treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven years of clinical observation of a patient who had radial keratotomy in 1998.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The free-floating cyst showed no growth or untoward effects on the eye and required no treatment during the observation period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The long clinical course of our patient shows that epithelial inclusion cysts may be managed without treatment for many years with careful and frequent follow-up.
authors: Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors: Eric J
authors: EJ
authors: Grieser
authors: Eric J
authors: EJ
authors: Dudenhoefer
authors: Stephen G
authors: SG
authors: Waller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006068:Gonioscopy; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery