An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium
An iris cyst attached to the endothelium causing decrease in vision is extremely rare. A twenty year old gentleman presented with painless progressive decrease in vision in the right eye for four months. Anterior segment evaluation revealed a 3.5 mm circular mass, brown in colour attached to the com...
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2011-04-01
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| description | An iris cyst attached to the endothelium causing decrease in vision is extremely rare. A twenty year old gentleman presented with painless progressive decrease in vision in the right eye for four months. Anterior segment evaluation revealed a 3.5 mm circular mass, brown in colour attached to the comeal endothelium but free from both iris and lens. It was removed through a clear corneal incision and histopathological examination was consistent with a benign epithelial cyst of the iris. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bece3ef25782467387680479aeaee80c2025-08-20T03:09:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842011-04-01214161810.4103/0972-0200.376628An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endotheliumJacob KoshyGurvinder KaurSatish ThomasS.M. BhattiAn iris cyst attached to the endothelium causing decrease in vision is extremely rare. A twenty year old gentleman presented with painless progressive decrease in vision in the right eye for four months. Anterior segment evaluation revealed a 3.5 mm circular mass, brown in colour attached to the comeal endothelium but free from both iris and lens. It was removed through a clear corneal incision and histopathological examination was consistent with a benign epithelial cyst of the iris.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/0972-0200.376628 |
| spellingShingle | Jacob Koshy Gurvinder Kaur Satish Thomas S.M. Bhatti An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology |
| title | An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium |
| title_full | An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium |
| title_fullStr | An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium |
| title_short | An unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium |
| title_sort | unusual presentation of an epithelial iris cyst attached to the corneal endothelium |
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