Spontaneous deflation of an iris pigment epithelial cyst documented with AS-OCT.
A 3-year-old girl presented with a black pupillary margin iris mass in the right eye diagnosed as an iris pigment epithelial (IPE) cyst, central (pupillary) type. The diagnosis was verified by anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), which initially showed a circumscribed, round thin-walled cyst with clear lumen attached by a strand to the IPE. On follow-up 3 months later, the IPE cyst had deflated and AS-OCT showed an irregular collapsed surface with no lumen and optical shadowing. The authors report a case in which AS-OCT was used to provide information regarding the diagnosis and behavior of an IPE cyst.
Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Christina
C
Kytasty
Britt J
BJ
Parvus
Zunair
Z
Mahmood
Carol L
CL
Shields
Jerry A
JA
Shields
D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology*; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence