PubMed ID: 37008376
Author(s): Lin J, Garcia A, Chen Y, Dubovy S, Lee W, Kopplin LJ, Berrocal A. Pathological Findings of Synchysis Scintillans Secondary to Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy With Chronic Exudative Retinal Detachment. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2019 Oct 16;4(2):163-166. doi: 10.1177/2474126419880385. eCollection 2020 Mar-Apr. PMID 37008376
Journal: Journal Of Vitreoretinal Diseases, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2020
PURPOSE We describe a unique case of synchysis scintillans in a 23-year-old woman with a history of chronic exudative retinal detachment in the setting of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
METHODS Fundus and slit-lamp photographs were obtained at presentation, and pathological studies were performed on the enucleated specimen to confirm the diagnosis.
RESULTS Synchysis scintillans is a degenerative condition of cholesterol deposition that affects severely damaged eyes, often as a result of chronic vitreous hemorrhage or retinal detachment. In this case, synchysis scintillans presented as crystals in the anterior chamber in the setting of a chronic retinal detachment. After enucleation, there were noted to be cholesterol slits on pathological correlation, confirming the diagnosis.
CONCLUSIONS This case demonstrates the importance of clinical pathological correlation in the diagnosis of synchysis scintillans migrating into the anterior chamber.
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