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Primary Stromal Iris Cysts Treated Successfully with Ab Externo Laser Nd:YAG Photocoagulation

Arvind Gupta, MS, FRCS; Datta Gulnar Pandian, MS, DNB; K. Ramesh Babu, MS; Renuka Srinivasan, DO, MS

  • Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
  • DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20100818-11
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Abstract

Two boys presented with primary solitary stromal iris cyst in the inferior quadrant. Both patients were treated with Nd:YAG laser puncturing the cyst wall. The cyst wall collapsed and fluid leaked out in the anterior chamber. No complication was noted. The cyst recurred in the first child at 2 months of follow-up and was re-treated with laser. There was no further recurrence after 12 months of follow-up in case 1 or after 10 months of follow-up in case 2. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first documented report of Nd:YAG treatment of primary stromal cyst.

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From the Department of Ophthalmology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.

The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.

Address correspondence to Arvind Gupta, MS, FRCS, Department of Ophthalmology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry-605006, India. E-mail: arvind_ophthal@yahoo.co.in

doi: 10.3928/01913913-20100818-11

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