Imaging the Canaliculops With Ultrasound Biomicroscopy and Anterior Segment Ocular Coherence Tomography

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Nov/Dec;33(6):e143-e144. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000878.

Abstract

Canaliculops is a noninflammatory and noninfectious ectasia of the canaliculus with serous fluid accumulation. Currently, the etiology is uncertain. To the best of the authors' knowledge only 6 confirmed cases have been published earlier; however, the imaging features were not described. The authors report the ultrasound biomicroscopic and ocular coherence tomography features of a histopathologically proven canaliculops.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anterior Eye Segment / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Microscopy, Acoustic / methods*
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*