title: [Analysis of anatomy features for patients with narrow anterior chamber angle and primary iridociliary body cysts].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence and anatomy features of iridociliary body cysts in patients with narrow anterior chamber angle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series study. The prevalence and anatomy features of iridociliary body cysts in 223 patients (402 eyes) were analyzed retrospectively with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). All of the patients were examined for susceptive narrow anterior chamber angle without complaint. The age of the patients, the site, diameter and number of cysts, the anterior chamber angle and the central anterior chamber depth were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Iridociliary body cysts were found in 19 patients (23 eyes) out of 223 patients (402 eyes), the prevalence is 5.7%. Fifteen patients were unilateral and four patients bilateral. Two cases originated from the ciliary process, eighteen cases from the iris root, and three from both the root and posterior surface of the iris. Twenty one cases were single cysts while two cases were multiple cysts. The diameter of the cysts ranged from 0.5 to 3.1 mm, averaged (0.71 ± 0.53) mm. The average age and the central anterior chamber depth of the eyes with iridociliary body cysts were (55.32 ± 10.74) years and (2.25 ± 0.39) mm, with no significant difference (t = 0.534, 0.783; P > 0.05) as compared to that of patients without cysts, which were (57.46 ± 10.52) years and (2.14 ± 0.34) mm. The anterior chamber angle in iridociliary body cysts group was 8.2° (21.0°, 0.0°), with no significant difference (Z = -0.062, P > 0.05) as compared to that of patients without cysts, which was 8.9° (21.4°, 0.0°).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence rate of iridociliary body cysts in this study is 5.7%, central anterior chamber depth and anterior chamber angle in patients with cysts do not differ form patients without cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Gui-gang
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cai-ni
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Xin-yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-kun
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jun-ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies