Case report: Characterizing of free-floating pigmented vitreous cyst using swept-source optical coherence tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

A free-floating vitreous cyst is a rare eye disease. This study aimed to find diagnostic imaging methods and imaging features for vitreous cysts.

Methods

This article presents a case report along with a literature review of published cases of vitreous cysts. The case report describes a highly myopic 60-year-old woman with a pigmented, free-floating vitreous cyst in her right eye. A search of the PubMed database using the keywords "vitreous cyst" was performed to identify other cases reported in the literature and to summarize the imaging methods used to diagnose and visualize vitreous cysts and the imaging features of vitreous cysts.

Results

A thorough ophthalmic examination was performed in the present case, including slit-lamp photography, B-scan ultrasound, bro

SUBMITTER: Shi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11392865 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature