ISSN: 1300-0365
Dil: Türkçe
|
|
|
The Value Of Ultrasound Biomicroscopy (ubm) In Uveitis
Dr. M. Pınar ÇAKAR ÖZDALa, Dr. Magdi MANSOURb, Dr. Jean DESCHENESb
aGöz Hastalıkları Kliniği, SB Ankara Ulucanlar Göz Hastanesi, ANKARAbOftalmoloji Departmanı, Mc Gill Üniversitesi, Montreal, KANADA
Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) allows a detailed imaging of the anterior segment up to 5 mm depth by using high-frequency (50-100 MHz) tranducers. This non-invasive technique, providing near-microscopic images in living eyes, has been shown to be useful in various clinical and research areas such as localizing misplaced intraocular lens(IOL) haptics, glaucoma, hypotony, trauma and anterior segment tumors. Additionally, UBM is also very useful in cases of uveitis. It provides essential information that allows a diagnosis or yields findings that confirm the clinically suspicious condition. Ultrasound biomicroscopy enables a detailed assessment even in the presence of complications secondary to uveitis such as cataract, synechiae and dense vitreous opacities. It is especially helpful in evaluating cases with pars planitis, pseudophakic uveitis, toxocara and hypotony. Ultrasound biomicroscopy shows a specific and diagnostic sign characterized by pseudocystic degeneration of the vitreous in toxocara uveitis. It is a valuable technique not only for the diagnosis but also for the follow-up and grading of pars plana pathologies. Ultrasound biomicroscopy is the only way to determine misplaced IOL haptic, the major cause of pseudophakic uveitis, in living eye.
The aim of this article is to evaluate the usefulness of UBM as a diagnostic procedure in uveitic cases.Keywords: Uveitis, imaging, ultrasound biomicroscopyTurkiye Klinikleri J Ophthalmol 2005, 14:48-54
|
|
|
|
|
