Pterygium-Derived Artifact Simulating an Intraocular Tumor With Ultrawide-Field Imaging

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 Oct 1;140(10):1024-1026. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.3444.

Authors

Danqi Fang¹, Zijing Huang¹, Weiqi Chen¹, Dingguo Huang¹

Affiliation

¹ Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China.

PMID: 36074444
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.3444

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case report describes an uncommon artifact of ultrawide-field imaging derived from a large pterygium, which mimicked an intraocular tumor.

MeSH terms

Artifacts
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Neoplasms*
Pterygium* / diagnosis
Pterygium* / surgery

Supplementary concepts

Pterygium Of Conjunctiva And Cornea