Adenoma of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium presenting as glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We describe a case of adenoma of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium in a 58-year-old male, who presented with glaucoma.

Observations

A healthy White male was incidentally found to have an elevated intraocular pressure in his left eye (25 mmHg) during a visit to a local optometrist. After further investigations he was diagnosed with a primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and treated with drops for two years until he developed a sectorial cataract. During the first dilated eye exam, a pale tan tumor was discovered, that seemed to originate from the superior ciliary body, causing a sectorial-cortical cataract and subluxation of the lens. The eye was enucleated on the suspicion of a rare adult medulloepithelioma, because of multicystic features on B-scan ultrasonography.

SUBMITTER: Stalhammar G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10319985 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature