Two Cases of Asteroid Hyalitis.
- Author:
Young Keung CHUN
1
;
Hyo Youl KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeon Ju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Cataract;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Lens Subluxation;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1979;20(2):239-243
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Asteroid hyalitis is a condition in which myriads of creamy or dull-white opacities (asteroid bodies) are suspended in the vitreous. Asteroid bodies are spherical or disc-shaped white bodies in the vitreous and were first differentiated from scyminans by Benson in 1894 as asteroid hyalitis (Benson's disease). The authors report here two cases of asteroid hyalitis: the first, a 55 year old male is associated with vitreoretinal hemorrhage, and the second, a 47 year old male is associated with cataract. Lens dislocation and pulmonary tuberculosis. They have no diabetes or hypercholesterolemla. We briefIy reviewed the literature relating to the asteroid hyalitis.
