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Journal of Glaucoma-Cataract
2009, Volume 4, Number 4, Page(s) 250-252
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Ultrasonic Biomicroscopic Examination of Free Floating Cyst in the Anterior Chamber
Mustafa ÇELİK1, Özgül ALTINTAŞ2, Nurşen YÜKSEL3, Berna ÖZKAN4, Levent KARABAŞ2
1Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları AD, Kocaeli, Uz. Dr.
2Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları AD, Kocaeli, Doç. Dr.
3Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları AD, Kocaeli, Prof. Dr.
4Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları AD, Kocaeli, Yrd. Doç. Dr.
Keywords: Anterior chamber, free floating cyst, ultrasound biomicroscope

A 66 year old patient referred to our glaucoma clinic for high intraocular pressure in the left eye. The patient had a history of trabeculectomy in his right eye 7 years ago. A free floating cyst was observed in the anterior chamber in biomicroscopic evaluation. The cyst was lighter than the humor aqueous in specific gravity and was changing position with the head movements. The cyst was also evaluated using the ultrasound biomicroscopy. We obseved that the cyst disappeared spontaneously during the follow up.

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