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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 169 |
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Vitreous asteroid hyalosis prolapse into the anterior chamber simulating masquerade syndrome: Imaging its dynamicity with anterior segment examination tools
Prasanna Venkatesh Ramesh1, Shruthy Vaishali Ramesh2, Ramesh Rajasekaran3, Meena Kumari Ramesh4
1 Medical Officer Department of Glaucoma and Research, Mahathma Eye Hospital Private Limited, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Medical Officer Department of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Mahathma Eye Hospital Private Limited, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Chief Medical Officer and Head of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Mahathma Eye Hospital Private Limited, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Head of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Mahathma Eye Hospital Private Limited, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
| Date of Web Publication | 01-Apr-2021 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Prasanna Venkatesh Ramesh
Mahathma Eye Hospital Private Limited, No 6, Tennur, Seshapuram, Trichy - 620 017, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3542_20
How to cite this article:
Ramesh PV, Ramesh SV, Rajasekaran R, Ramesh MK. Vitreous asteroid hyalosis prolapse into the anterior chamber simulating masquerade syndrome: Imaging its dynamicity with anterior segment examination tools. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2021;1:169 |
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Ramesh PV, Ramesh SV, Rajasekaran R, Ramesh MK. Vitreous asteroid hyalosis prolapse into the anterior chamber simulating masquerade syndrome: Imaging its dynamicity with anterior segment examination tools. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep [serial online] 2021 [cited 2023 May 28];1:169. Available from: https://www.ijoreports.in/text.asp?2021/1/2/169/312413 |
A 64-year-old man presented to the uveitis clinic to rule out masquerade syndrome in OS. His best-corrected visual acuity was hand movements. Anterior segment examination [Figure 1] revealed the presence of asteroid hyalosis in the anterior chamber and posterior chamber [Figure 2] with aphakic status. The reason for vision to not improve with +10 diopters could be concentration of asteroid bodies at the nodal point of OS and epi-retinal membrane.[1] OD examination was unremarkable. Records revealed eventful cataract surgery OS with posterior capsular rent rendering the patient apahkic. Although asteroid hyalosis is an uncommon finding (1%–2%);[2],[3] it can mimic intraocular tumor, metastasis, or endophthalmitis.[4] | Figure 1: (a-c) Slit-lamp revealing asteroid hyalosis in the anterior chamber due to vitreous prolapse anteriorly. (d) Scheimpflug imaging revealing the dynamic homogenous distribution of asteroid hyalosis
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 | Figure 2: Fundus Photograph of OS revealing asteroid hyalosis with dense epi-retinal membrane
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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.
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Conflicts of interest
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