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Emphasis on Intraepithelial Cysts

HAROLD G. SCHEIE, M.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1954;51(3):288-300.

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THIS PAPER stresses the importance of gonioscopy in the diagnosis of tumors of the posterior chamber of the eye which have not infiltrated into the angle of the anterior chamber or through the iris. The only clue to their presence may be a prominence or bulge of the anterior surface of the iris at its periphery (Fig. 1). The overlying iris stroma, which is usually normal, contributes no information as to the specific nature of the lesion. Gonioscopic examination, therefore, is of extreme value in the differential diagnosis because it may permit direct visualization and accurate identification of the lesion behind the iris. Any tumor arising from the iris or ciliary body might be anticipated, but the commonest is the benign intraepithelial cyst.

No mention has been made in the literature of the fact that the extreme periphery of the posterior chamber of many eyes can be seen by gonioscopic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Ophthalmological Society, Hot Springs, Va., May 28-30, 1953.

This article will appear in the Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society for 1953. It is printed here with the permission of the American Ophthalmological Society and the Columbia University Press.

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