• Users Online: 44602
  • Home
  • Print this page
  • Email this page

   Table of Contents      
OPHTHALMIC IMAGE
Year : 2019  |  Volume : 67  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 140-141

Free floating pigmented vitreous cyst


Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Date of Web Publication21-Dec-2018

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shreyans Jain
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
India
Login to access the Email id

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_855_18

Rights and Permissions

How to cite this article:
Kumar V, Jain S, Bhayana AA, Singh B S. Free floating pigmented vitreous cyst. Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:140-1

How to cite this URL:
Kumar V, Jain S, Bhayana AA, Singh B S. Free floating pigmented vitreous cyst. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2019 [cited 2024 Mar 19];67:140-1. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2019/67/1/140/248171



A 32-years-old female was referred for a mass in her left eye detected on routine examination. The ocular examination was normal with unaided visual acuity of 20/20 in her left eye. There were no signs of ocular trauma/inflammation. A single, pigmented, free-floating cyst was noted in the anterior vitreous [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]c that showed speckled bright areas on infrared reflectance imaging [Figure 1]b. In view of no symptoms, the patient was advised conservative management. These cysts have been reported rarely. These may represent choristoma of the hyaloid vascular system or may originate from ciliary epithelium. Acquired cysts can be found in association with retinoschisis, retinitis pigmentosa, trauma, coloboma, retinal reattachment surgeries and intraocular inflammation.[1],[2] Though usually asymptomatic, vitreous cysts can disturb visual function when cyst floats into the visual axis. A period of observation should be recommended before invasive intervention in the form of laser cystotomy or vitrectomy.[3]
Figure 1: Fundus colour photograph (a) and ultra-widefield pseudocolour photograph (c) of the left eye of a 32-year-old female showing pigmented vitreous cyst. Infrared imaging shows multiple areas of hyperreflectance over the surface of cyst (b)

Click here to view


Declaration of patient consent

The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form the patient(s) has/have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Financial support and sponsorship

Nil.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.



 
  References Top

1.
Cruciani F, Santino G, Salandri AG. Monolateral idiopathic cyst of the vitreous. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1999;77:601-3.  Back to cited text no. 1
    
2.
Tuncer S, Bayramoglu S. Pigmented free-floating vitreous cyst in a patient with high myopia and uveal coloboma simulating choroidal melanoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2011;42:e49-52.  Back to cited text no. 2
    
3.
Nork TM, Millecchia LL. Treatment and histopathology of a congenital vitreous cyst. Ophthalmology 1998;105:825-30.  Back to cited text no. 3
    


    Figures

  [Figure 1]


This article has been cited by
1 Free-Floating Pigmented Vitreous Cysts: Clinical-Histopathologic Correlation
Jessica A. Cao, Sander R. Dubovy, Kenneth C. Fan, Matthew N. Parvus, Jorge A. Fortun, Charles C. Wykoff
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina. 2024; 55(1): 55
[Pubmed] | [DOI]



 

Top
 
 
  Search
 
    Similar in PUBMED
   Search Pubmed for
   Search in Google Scholar for
    Access Statistics
    Email Alert *
    Add to My List *
* Registration required (free)  

 
  In this article
References
Article Figures

 Article Access Statistics
    Viewed1623    
    Printed36    
    Emailed0    
    PDF Downloaded189    
    Comments [Add]    
    Cited by others 1    

Recommend this journal