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Clinical Case Notes
Author(s) -
Wakely Laura A,
Small Keith M,
Long Helen M,
Maslin Keith F,
Wells Anthony P
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00957.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pars plana , cyst , conservative management , surgery , glaucoma , ophthalmology , conservative treatment , anterior eye segment , vitrectomy , visual acuity , cornea
The case is presented of a highly aggressive congenital epithelial cyst of the anterior chamber. The patient underwent four primary procedures to remove the cyst and its three recurrences, and one procedure for secondary glaucoma. The primary cyst and first recurrence occurred in the anterior chamber, whereas the second and third recurrences occurred in the pars plana region. Attempts at optical correction of the eye were weighed against complications arising from further procedures, and a conservative approach favouring preservation of the eye became the management strategy in this case.