Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1768-1770, October 2006
Iris-cyst–simulating luxated lens
A 2-month-old child was referred to our clinic for evaluation and management of a luxated lens. Under general anesthesia, an irregularly shaped iris was observed with the presence of a large iris cyst in the anterior chamber. Sector iridectomy with excision of the cyst was performed. Histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of a stromal cyst of the iris. At the 3-year follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence of the iris cyst or of a secondary cataract. This case report provides evidence that although a primary cyst of the iris stroma is uncommon, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis for an apparent lens luxation.
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No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any product mentioned.Supported in part by NIH grant EY-014793, the Grady Lyman Fund of the MUSC Health Sciences Foundation, and an unrestricted grant to MUSC-SEI from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York, USA.
PII: S0886-3350(06)00921-7
doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.05.022
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Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1768-1770, October 2006
