AIM:To analyze and summarize the clinical and pathological features of ciliary body medulloepithelioma.METHODS:The clinical and pathological data of 11 patients(11 eyes) who were diagnosed with ciliary body medulloepi...AIM:To analyze and summarize the clinical and pathological features of ciliary body medulloepithelioma.METHODS:The clinical and pathological data of 11 patients(11 eyes) who were diagnosed with ciliary body medulloepithelioma at Beijing Tongren Hospital,Capital Medical University,from 2007 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.RESULTS:The initial symptoms of 11 patients included vision loss(6 eyes),atrophia bulbi(1 eye),proptosis(2 eyes),and leukocoria(2 eyes).Most patients suffered with corneal opacity,anterior chamber flare and hyphema.Iris neovascularization and synechia,complicated cataract,and secondar y glaucoma occurred in several cases.Three patients even had lens subluxation and retinal detachment.B-scan ultrasonography showed vitreous opacity and a medium-high uneven echo mass in the eyeball.Ultrasound biomicroscopy examination showed a spherical or hemispherical ciliary body mass with uneven internal echoes and irregular cystic spaces.All of the 11 patients were diagnosed with malignant ciliary body medulloepithelioma by pathological evidence.In this study,6 patients had enucleation(2 patients had systemic chemotherapy after surgery),and the other 5 patients had local tumor resection(1 patient had plaque radiotherapy after surgery).CONCLUSION:Ciliary body medulloepithelioma is a rare intraocular tumor and may be easily confused with retinoblastoma.Analyzing the clinical and pathological features of ciliary body medulloepithelioma is useful to further understand ciliary body medulloepithelioma,and can make an accurate diagnosis and better treatment.展开更多
Dear Editor,I'm Dr. Qing-Huai Liu from Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing, China. I write to present four cases diagnosed with the intraocular foreign bo...Dear Editor,I'm Dr. Qing-Huai Liu from Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing, China. I write to present four cases diagnosed with the intraocular foreign body (IOFB) at or near the ciliary body and to evaluate the effect of extracting IOFB with scleral indentation in direct visualization.展开更多
Dear Editor,I am Bing Li from the Department of Ophthalmology,Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, China,and I write to present a case report of choroidal and ciliary body tubercles.Ocular tuberculosis (T...Dear Editor,I am Bing Li from the Department of Ophthalmology,Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, China,and I write to present a case report of choroidal and ciliary body tubercles.Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is an extrapulmonary tuberculous condition with variable manifestations[1].展开更多
Adenomas of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPCE) are often clinically indistinguishable from amelanotic malignant melanomas of the ciliary body or metastatic carcinomas. This paper reports a case study of a dist...Adenomas of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPCE) are often clinically indistinguishable from amelanotic malignant melanomas of the ciliary body or metastatic carcinomas. This paper reports a case study of a distinctive variant of adenoma of the NPCE, which clinically appears as epiretinal membrane in the macular region. Histopathologic studies have revealed this is an adenoma of the NPCE. Identification of this clinic feature is important because it will miss the diagnosis of the adenoma of the NPCE. In this case study, B-scan ultrasonography as well as computerized tomography (CT) has been used to provide help in diagnosing the ciliary body tumor. Because of their anterior location in the ciliary body, partial lamellar sclerou-vectomy is an effective method of treatment.展开更多
·AIM:To compare the ciliary body thickness between eyes with primary angle closure(PAC)and primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG)with the normal eyes,and to investigate the association between ciliary body thicknes...·AIM:To compare the ciliary body thickness between eyes with primary angle closure(PAC)and primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG)with the normal eyes,and to investigate the association between ciliary body thickness and ciliary processes situation.·METHODS:In this cross-sectional study,57 patients with PAC/PACG were matched to 57 normal subjects after propensity score matching(PSM)adjusting for age and gender.All subjects underwent conventional ocular examinations and ultrasound biomicroscopy(UBM)examination,among which the patients with PAC/PACG performed the examinations one month after laser peripheral iridotomy(LPI).Quantitative parameters were measured,which included ciliary body thickness at the position of 1 mm posterior to the scleral spur(CBT1),trabecular-ciliary process distance(TCPD)and trabecularciliary process angle(TCA).·RESULTS:Eyes with PAC/PACG presented significantly thinner CBT1,shorter TCPD and smaller TCA(P<0.001)than the normal eyes,both in comparison of the means of four quadrants and in comparisons of each quadrant.After removing images with peripheral anterior synechia(PAS),the same results were also found in comparisons between the two groups.Significant correlations were found between TCPD(R~2=0.537,P<0.001)and TCA(R~2=0.517,P<0.001)with CBT1.·CONCLUSION:Eyes with PAC/PACG have thinner ciliary body thickness and more anteriorly situated ciliary processes.Thinner ciliary body thickness is associated with anterior situation of the ciliary processes.展开更多
Purpose:To investigate the density, distribution and morphology of macrophages and MHC class II -positive dendritic cells in the iris and ciliary body of lewis rats. Methods:Immunohistochemistry was performed using mo...Purpose:To investigate the density, distribution and morphology of macrophages and MHC class II -positive dendritic cells in the iris and ciliary body of lewis rats. Methods:Immunohistochemistry was performed using monoclonal antibodies specific to monocytes and macrophages (ED1,ED2) and MHC class II -positive cells (OX6) on wholemounts of the iris-ciliary body complex isolated form normal lewis rats.Results:A well developed network of macrophages was present in the iris and ciliary body of normal lewis rats. These cells, morphologically displaying dendriti-form or pleiomorphic appearance, were more densely arranged in mid-iris (950 + 189 cells/mm2) than in iris base (482 ± 78 cells/mm2) and pupil margin (595 ± 92 cells/mm2). A similar network of MHC class II -positive cells with a cell density 452 ± 78 cells/mm2 was almost uniformly distributed in the iris of normal lewis rats.Conclusions : A network of macrophages and MHC class II -positive cells was established in the iris and ciliary body of展开更多
Purpose:To report a rare case of angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body Methods:The clinical manifestation, imaging findings, histopathologic characteristics were analyzed in a 32-year-old male patient with angioleiomyoma...Purpose:To report a rare case of angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body Methods:The clinical manifestation, imaging findings, histopathologic characteristics were analyzed in a 32-year-old male patient with angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body.Results:The tumor was removed intact with local resection. Histopathologic examination revealed that the tumor was full of vessels and it was composed of spindle cells with abundant cytoplasm. Immunohistochemical studies showed positive for SMA and Desmin and negative for S100 and HMB-45. Conclusions:Angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body is a rare tumor that can be successfully treated with local surgical resection in this area. It needs to be differentiated from other tumors, especially malignant melanoma. Eye Science 2004;20:19-22.展开更多
AIM To identify patients with end-stage renal disease treated by peritoneal dialysis(PD) who had zero body fat(BF) as determined by analysis of body composition using anthropometric formulas estimating body water(V) a...AIM To identify patients with end-stage renal disease treated by peritoneal dialysis(PD) who had zero body fat(BF) as determined by analysis of body composition using anthropometric formulas estimating body water(V) and to compare nutritional parameters between these patients and PD patients whose BF was above zero.METHODS Body weight(W) consists of fat-free mass(FFM) andBF.Anthropometric formulas for calculating V allow the calculation of FFM as V/0.73,where 0.73 is the water fraction of FFM at normal hydration.Wasting from loss of BF has adverse survival outcomes in PD.Advanced wasting was defined as zero BF when V/0.73 is equal to or exceeds W.This study,which analyzed 439 PD patients at their first clearance study,used the Watson formulas estimating V to identify patients with V_(Watson)/0.73 ≥ W and compared their nutritional indices with those of PD patients with V_(Watson)/0.73 < W.RESULTS The study identified at the first clearance study two male patients with V_(Watson)/0.73 ≥ W among 439 patients on PD.Compared to 260 other male patients on PD,the two subjects with advanced wasting had exceptionally low body mass index and serum albumin concentration.The first of the two subjects also had very low values for serum creatinine concentration and total(in urine and spent peritoneal dialysate) creatinine excretion rate while the second subject had an elevated serum creatinine concentration and high creatinine excretion rate due,most probably,to non-compliance with the PD prescription.CONCLUSION Advanced wasting(zero BF) in PD patients,identified by the anthropometric formulas that estimate V,while rare,is associated with indices of poor somatic and visceral nutrition.展开更多
AIMTo test whether muscle mass evaluated by creatinine excretion (EXCr) is maintained in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD), we evaluated repeated measurements of E...AIMTo test whether muscle mass evaluated by creatinine excretion (EXCr) is maintained in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD), we evaluated repeated measurements of EXCr in a PD population.METHODSOne hundred and sixty-six PD patients (94 male, 72 female) receiving the same PD dose for the duration of the study (up to approximately 2.5 years) had repeated determinations of total (in urine plus spent dialysate) 24-h EXCr (EXCr T) to assess the adequacy of PD by creatinine clearance. All 166 patients had two EXCr T determinations, 84 of the 166 patients had three EXCr T determinations and 44 of the 166 patients had four EXCr T measurements. EXCr T values were compared using the paired t test in the patients who had two studies and by repeated measures ANOVA in those who were studied three or four times.RESULTSIn patients who were studied twice, with the first and second EXCr T measurements performed at 9.2 ± 15.2 mo and 17.4 ± 15.8 mo after onset of PD, respectively, EXCr T did not differ between the first and second study. In patients studied three times and whose fnal assessment occurred 24.7 ± 16.3 mo after initiating PD, EXCr T did not differ between the first and second study, but was significantly lower in the third study compared to the frst study. In patients who were studied four times and whose fourth measurement was taken 31.9 ± 16.8 mo after onset of PD, EXCr T did not differ between any of the studies. The average EXCr T value did not change signifcantly, with the exception of the third study in the patients studied thrice. However, repeated determinations of EXCr T in individuals showed substantial variability, with approximately 50% of the repeated determinations being higher or lower than the first determination by 15% or more.CONCLUSIONThe average value of EXCr T remains relatively constantfor up to 2.5 years of follow-up in PD patients who adhereto the same PD schedule. However, repeated individualEXCr T values vary considerably in a large proportion ofthe patients. Further studies are needed to evaluatethe clinical signifcance of varying EXCr T values and thestability of EXCr T beyond 2.5 years of PD follow-up.展开更多
Objective:To evaluate the prevalence of primary iris and/or ciliary body cysts in eyes with shallow anterior chamber and their effect on the narrowing of the anterior chamber angle.Methods:Among the general physical c...Objective:To evaluate the prevalence of primary iris and/or ciliary body cysts in eyes with shallow anterior chamber and their effect on the narrowing of the anterior chamber angle.Methods:Among the general physical check-up population,subjects with shallow anterior chambers,as judged by van Herick technique,were recruited for further investigation.Ultrasound biomicroscope(UBM) was used to detect and measure the cysts located in the iris and/or ciliary body,the anterior chamber depth(ACD),the angle opening distance at 500 μm(AOD500),and the trabecular-iris angle(TIA).A-scan ultrasonography was used to measure the ocular biometry,including lens thickness,axial length,lens/axial length factor(LAF),and relative lens position(RLP).The effect of the cyst on narrowing the corresponding anterior chamber angle and the entire angle was evaluated by the UBM images,ocular biometry,and gonioscopic grading.The eye with unilateral cyst was compared with the eye without the cyst for further analysis.Results:Among the 727 subjects with shallow anterior chamber,primary iris and ciliary body cysts were detected in 250(34.4%) patients;among them 96(38.4%) patients showed unilateral single cyst,21(8.4%) patients had unilateral double cysts,and 42(16.8%) patients manifested unilateral multiple and multi-quadrants cysts.Plateau iris configuration was found in 140 of 361(38.8%) eyes with cysts.The mean size of total cysts was(0.6547±0.2319) mm.In evaluation of the effect of the cyst size and location on narrowing the corresponding angle to their position,the proportion of the cysts causing corresponding angle narrowing or closure among the cysts larger than 0.8 mm(113/121,93.4%) was found to be significantly higher than that of the cysts smaller than 0.8 mm(373/801,46.6%),and a significant higher proportion was also found in the cysts located at iridociliary sulcus(354/437,81.0%) than in that at the pars plicata(131/484,27.1%).In evaluating the effect of the cyst on the entire anterior chamber angle,the eyes with multiple and multi-quadrants cysts manifested significant narrowing of the entire anterior chamber angle as compared with the eyes without cysts,based on the data analysis in comparison of TIA,AOD500,and gonioscopic grading evaluation.The unilateral single or double cysts in the eyes had no significant effect on narrowing of anterior chamber angle as compared with eyes without cysts.The iris and/or ciliary body cysts did not seem to affect the axial length,ACD,lens thickness,RLP,LAF.Conclusions:The prevalence of primary iris and ciliary body cyst was 34.4% in the subjects with shallow anterior chamber.The cysts larger than 0.8 mm,locating at iridociliary sulcus,or multiple and extensive cysts were inclined to cause the angle narrowing or closure.展开更多
Background Ciliary body tumors are usually difficult to diagnose and treat in early stages. However, treatment of such tumors has trended toward ocular conservation instead of enucleation. Local excision of ciliary bo...Background Ciliary body tumors are usually difficult to diagnose and treat in early stages. However, treatment of such tumors has trended toward ocular conservation instead of enucleation. Local excision of ciliary body tumors has become effective with the development of the modern vitrectomy, but long-term outcomes are still not clear. Therefore, we reported the outcome of locally excised ciliary body tumors after long-term follow-up. Methods Twenty-two patients (22 eyes), who had been diagnosed with ciliary body tumors in Beijing Tongren Hospital from January 1996 to June 2001, were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. Localized lamellar sclera-ciliary excisions were performed. In some cases, vitrectomies, scleral graft transplantations, and further excisions of the anterior choroid were performed. Diagnoses were confirmed by histopathologic examination. Patients were followed from five to eleven years after surgery. Their visual acuity, intraocular pressure and local recurrence were recorded with descriptive percentages. Results After surgery, all patients maintained normal eyeball appearances. Six patients maintained circular pupils. The final best corrected visual acuities (BCVA) varied from 0.02-1.00, including 18 patients (81.82%) who had BCVA equal to or better than that before surgery. Fifteen patients (68.18%) had BCVA better than 0.3. Only two patients had intraocular pressure (lOP) of less than 10 mmHg and the other patients maintained normal lOP. Nine cases (40.91%) were given confirmed diagnosis of malignant melanoma, four (18.18%) of melanocytoma, six (27.27%) of nonpigmented ciliary epithelial adenoma, two (9.09%) of neurofibroma, and one (4.55%) of neurinoma. Twenty patients (90.91%) had no recurrence during the follow-up period. In one case melanocytoma recurred seven years after surgery and enucleation was performed. One patient, whose operation removed a malignant melanoma with a diameter of 16 mm, died of hepatic metastasis five years after the operation. Conclusion For some ciliary body tumors, especially in the early stages, local excision is an effective and safe method to save the vision and the eyeball.展开更多
Background The neurogenesis in retina of adult mammals is generally abolished, and this renders the retina lack of regenerative capacity. Despite this, there is a small population of nestin-positive cells in the cilia...Background The neurogenesis in retina of adult mammals is generally abolished, and this renders the retina lack of regenerative capacity. Despite this, there is a small population of nestin-positive cells in the ciliary epithelium which retains neurogenic potential. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of two drugs, corticosterone and paroxetine, on the cell proliferation of the ciliary body. Methods Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were given vehicle, corticosterone, paroxetine, or both corticosterone and paroxetine treatment for 14 days. Cell proliferation in the ciliary body was quantified using 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) immunohistochemistry. Co-labelling of BrdU and stem cell marker was used to phenotype the BrdU immunoreactive cells. Results Corticosterone treatment suppressed while paroxetine treatment increased the cell proliferation of the ciliary body. Co-labelling with cell markers revealed that the BrdU positive cells also showed nestin expression but not glial fJbrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Conclusions The results illustrate that proliferation of retinal progenitor cells situated in ciliary body are subjected to regulation by selective serotonin reuptake Jnhibitors (SSRI) and corticosteroJd, which is similar to our previous findings in neurogenic regions in central nervous system (CNS). Paroxetine treatment could reverse the suppressive effect of corticosterone on ciliary body cell proliferation. This provides information for future investigation of retinal stem cell biology and potential treatment of retinal degenerative diseases.展开更多
Background The role played by the nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway in the aqueous humor dynamics is still unclear.This study was designed to investigate the expression and distribution of NO synthase (NOS) isof...Background The role played by the nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway in the aqueous humor dynamics is still unclear.This study was designed to investigate the expression and distribution of NO synthase (NOS) isoforms and guanylate cyclase (GC) in human ciliary body,trabecular meshwork and the Schlemm's canal.Methods Twelve eyes after corneal transplantation were used.Expression of three NOS isoforms (i.e.neuronal NOS (nNOS),inducible NOS (iNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS)) and GC were assessed in 10 eyes by immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal or polyclonal antibody of NOS and GC.Ciliary bodies were dissected free and the total proteins were extracted.Western blotting was performed to confirm the protein expression of 3 NOS isoforms and GC.Results Expression of 3 NOS isoforms and GC were observed in the ciliary epithelium,ciliary muscle,trabecular meshwork and the endothelium of the Schlemm's canal.Immunoreactivity of nNOS was detected mainly along the apical cytoplasmic junction of the non-pigmented epithelium (NPE) and pigmented epithelial (PE) cells.Protein expressions of 3 NOS isoforms and GC were confirmed in isolated human ciliary body by Western blotting.Conclusions The expression of NOS isoforms and GC in human ciliary body suggest the possible involvement of NO and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cyclic GMP,cGMP) signaling pathway in the ciliary body,and may play a role in both processes of aqueous humor formation and drainage.展开更多
INTRODUCTION Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is defined as lymphoma confined to the brain, eye, spinal cord, or leptomeninges. It constitutes approximately 3% of all brain tumors, and 2-3% of all cas...INTRODUCTION Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is defined as lymphoma confined to the brain, eye, spinal cord, or leptomeninges. It constitutes approximately 3% of all brain tumors, and 2-3% of all cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Ocular involvement can be detected during clinical staging in about 20% of patients with PCNSL, with primary vitreous retinal lymphoma being the most common subtype. Uveal involvement of PCNSL is uncommon, and PCNSL with ciliary body involvement (CBL), to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported.展开更多
Dear Sir,Iam Dr.Li-Na Meng,from the Qingdao Eye Hospital,Shandong Eye Institute,Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences,Qingdao,China.I want to present a rare case of secondary intraocular lens(IOL)implantation in an11-y...Dear Sir,Iam Dr.Li-Na Meng,from the Qingdao Eye Hospital,Shandong Eye Institute,Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences,Qingdao,China.I want to present a rare case of secondary intraocular lens(IOL)implantation in an11-year-old boy who developed the complication of ciliary body detachment.When he was 2 years old,the boy underwent bilateral cataract extraction for congenital cataract in the other展开更多
AIM: To investigate the infiltration and activation of lymphocyte in iris-ciliary body and anterior chamber after allogenic penetrating keratoplasty (PK), for further revealing the role of iris-ciliary body in corneal...AIM: To investigate the infiltration and activation of lymphocyte in iris-ciliary body and anterior chamber after allogenic penetrating keratoplasty (PK), for further revealing the role of iris-ciliary body in corneal allograft immune rejection. METHODS: In the mice models of PK, BALB/C mice received orthotopic isografts (n =35) or C57BL/6 donor allografts (n=25). Grafts were examined daily for 3 weeks by slit-lamp microscopy and scored for opacity. The infiltration of CD4(+) T lymphocyte in iris-ciliary body and anterior chamber was examined by immunohistology and the mRNA of CD80 and CD86 in both cornea graft and iris-ciliary body by RT-PCR was analyzed in allograft recipient at days 3, 6, 10 and the day when graft rejection occurred. Isograft recipients were examined as control at the corresponding time points. Transmission electron microscope was used to study the ultrastructure, especially cell infiltration, of iris-cilary body and corneal graft at day 3, 7 and the day when rejection occurred after allogenic PK. RESULTS: Rejection was observed in all the allograft recipients followed more than 10 days, at a median time of 15 days (range 12-18 days), but not in any of isografts. CD4(+) T cells were first detected at day 6 after transplantation in limbus and Ciliary body, and then in the stroma of recipient, iris, anterior chamber and corneal allograft with an increased number until graft rejection occurred. CD80 and CD86 mRNA were detected under RT-PCR examination in both graft and iris-ciliary body of allograft recipient, but not in any of isograft recipient. Three days after operation, lymphocytes and monocytes macrophages were visible in iris blood vessels and the anterior chamber, and vascular endothelial cell proliferation and activation were significant under transmission electron microscopy examination. At day 7, corneal endothelial cells became thinner. Lymphocytes and mononuclear macrophages were found with great number in the anterior chamber and adhered to the corneal endothelium. Blood vessels in iris increased and were filled with lymphocytes. And lymphocytes were detected to migrate through endothelial cell gap out of vessels. When allograft rejection occurred, macrophages attached to endothelial cells with large number of lymphocytes and macrophages infiltrating in iris. CONCLUSION: Lymphocyte infiltration and activation occurred in iris-ciliary body after allogenic PK, and the lymphocytes could migrate from iris blood vessel to the anterior chamber, which might play an important role in corneal allograft immune rejection.展开更多
Purpose: To characterize prejunctional 5-HT heteroreceptors which modulate nacetylcholine (3 H-ACh release) in isolated rabbit and human iris-ciliary bodies (ICBS) . Methods: ICB tissue segments were incubated with H-...Purpose: To characterize prejunctional 5-HT heteroreceptors which modulate nacetylcholine (3 H-ACh release) in isolated rabbit and human iris-ciliary bodies (ICBS) . Methods: ICB tissue segments were incubated with H-choline, superfused and electrically stimulated four times (S1,S2,S3,S4) at 3 - 10 Hz for 1 min to elicit 3H-ACh. secretion. Test agents (5-HT agonists and antagonists) were added before S2,S3 and S4 and their effects determined by the stimulation ratio (Sx/S1) of evoked 3H-ACh. release. 3H-ACh in super-fusate fractions was fractionated and quantified by ion exchange chromatography. Results: In rabbit ICBs, evoked 3H-ACh. release was enhanced in a concentration-dependent manner by 5-HT (10- 9 - 10-5 M, EC50 = 5.8× 10-8 M). The maximum effect of 5-HT (10-6M) corresponded to a 45. 14 ± 7.40%) (n = 6) increase in 3H-ACh release. Higher concentrations of 5-HT ( > 10- M) induced desensitization. The response to 5-HT ( 10-6 M) in the presence of the 5-HT3/4 antagonist tropisetron (10-9 M) ,展开更多
文摘AIM:To analyze and summarize the clinical and pathological features of ciliary body medulloepithelioma.METHODS:The clinical and pathological data of 11 patients(11 eyes) who were diagnosed with ciliary body medulloepithelioma at Beijing Tongren Hospital,Capital Medical University,from 2007 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.RESULTS:The initial symptoms of 11 patients included vision loss(6 eyes),atrophia bulbi(1 eye),proptosis(2 eyes),and leukocoria(2 eyes).Most patients suffered with corneal opacity,anterior chamber flare and hyphema.Iris neovascularization and synechia,complicated cataract,and secondar y glaucoma occurred in several cases.Three patients even had lens subluxation and retinal detachment.B-scan ultrasonography showed vitreous opacity and a medium-high uneven echo mass in the eyeball.Ultrasound biomicroscopy examination showed a spherical or hemispherical ciliary body mass with uneven internal echoes and irregular cystic spaces.All of the 11 patients were diagnosed with malignant ciliary body medulloepithelioma by pathological evidence.In this study,6 patients had enucleation(2 patients had systemic chemotherapy after surgery),and the other 5 patients had local tumor resection(1 patient had plaque radiotherapy after surgery).CONCLUSION:Ciliary body medulloepithelioma is a rare intraocular tumor and may be easily confused with retinoblastoma.Analyzing the clinical and pathological features of ciliary body medulloepithelioma is useful to further understand ciliary body medulloepithelioma,and can make an accurate diagnosis and better treatment.
文摘Dear Editor,I'm Dr. Qing-Huai Liu from Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing, China. I write to present four cases diagnosed with the intraocular foreign body (IOFB) at or near the ciliary body and to evaluate the effect of extracting IOFB with scleral indentation in direct visualization.
文摘Dear Editor,I am Bing Li from the Department of Ophthalmology,Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, China,and I write to present a case report of choroidal and ciliary body tubercles.Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is an extrapulmonary tuberculous condition with variable manifestations[1].
基金Project (No. 20010510) supported by the Ministry of Education of Zhejiang Province, China
文摘Adenomas of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPCE) are often clinically indistinguishable from amelanotic malignant melanomas of the ciliary body or metastatic carcinomas. This paper reports a case study of a distinctive variant of adenoma of the NPCE, which clinically appears as epiretinal membrane in the macular region. Histopathologic studies have revealed this is an adenoma of the NPCE. Identification of this clinic feature is important because it will miss the diagnosis of the adenoma of the NPCE. In this case study, B-scan ultrasonography as well as computerized tomography (CT) has been used to provide help in diagnosing the ciliary body tumor. Because of their anterior location in the ciliary body, partial lamellar sclerou-vectomy is an effective method of treatment.
文摘·AIM:To compare the ciliary body thickness between eyes with primary angle closure(PAC)and primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG)with the normal eyes,and to investigate the association between ciliary body thickness and ciliary processes situation.·METHODS:In this cross-sectional study,57 patients with PAC/PACG were matched to 57 normal subjects after propensity score matching(PSM)adjusting for age and gender.All subjects underwent conventional ocular examinations and ultrasound biomicroscopy(UBM)examination,among which the patients with PAC/PACG performed the examinations one month after laser peripheral iridotomy(LPI).Quantitative parameters were measured,which included ciliary body thickness at the position of 1 mm posterior to the scleral spur(CBT1),trabecular-ciliary process distance(TCPD)and trabecularciliary process angle(TCA).·RESULTS:Eyes with PAC/PACG presented significantly thinner CBT1,shorter TCPD and smaller TCA(P<0.001)than the normal eyes,both in comparison of the means of four quadrants and in comparisons of each quadrant.After removing images with peripheral anterior synechia(PAS),the same results were also found in comparisons between the two groups.Significant correlations were found between TCPD(R~2=0.537,P<0.001)and TCA(R~2=0.517,P<0.001)with CBT1.·CONCLUSION:Eyes with PAC/PACG have thinner ciliary body thickness and more anteriorly situated ciliary processes.Thinner ciliary body thickness is associated with anterior situation of the ciliary processes.
基金a grant from Pubic Health Ministry of ChinaNatural Science Fundation of Guangdong Province
文摘Purpose:To investigate the density, distribution and morphology of macrophages and MHC class II -positive dendritic cells in the iris and ciliary body of lewis rats. Methods:Immunohistochemistry was performed using monoclonal antibodies specific to monocytes and macrophages (ED1,ED2) and MHC class II -positive cells (OX6) on wholemounts of the iris-ciliary body complex isolated form normal lewis rats.Results:A well developed network of macrophages was present in the iris and ciliary body of normal lewis rats. These cells, morphologically displaying dendriti-form or pleiomorphic appearance, were more densely arranged in mid-iris (950 + 189 cells/mm2) than in iris base (482 ± 78 cells/mm2) and pupil margin (595 ± 92 cells/mm2). A similar network of MHC class II -positive cells with a cell density 452 ± 78 cells/mm2 was almost uniformly distributed in the iris of normal lewis rats.Conclusions : A network of macrophages and MHC class II -positive cells was established in the iris and ciliary body of
文摘Purpose:To report a rare case of angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body Methods:The clinical manifestation, imaging findings, histopathologic characteristics were analyzed in a 32-year-old male patient with angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body.Results:The tumor was removed intact with local resection. Histopathologic examination revealed that the tumor was full of vessels and it was composed of spindle cells with abundant cytoplasm. Immunohistochemical studies showed positive for SMA and Desmin and negative for S100 and HMB-45. Conclusions:Angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body is a rare tumor that can be successfully treated with local surgical resection in this area. It needs to be differentiated from other tumors, especially malignant melanoma. Eye Science 2004;20:19-22.
文摘AIM To identify patients with end-stage renal disease treated by peritoneal dialysis(PD) who had zero body fat(BF) as determined by analysis of body composition using anthropometric formulas estimating body water(V) and to compare nutritional parameters between these patients and PD patients whose BF was above zero.METHODS Body weight(W) consists of fat-free mass(FFM) andBF.Anthropometric formulas for calculating V allow the calculation of FFM as V/0.73,where 0.73 is the water fraction of FFM at normal hydration.Wasting from loss of BF has adverse survival outcomes in PD.Advanced wasting was defined as zero BF when V/0.73 is equal to or exceeds W.This study,which analyzed 439 PD patients at their first clearance study,used the Watson formulas estimating V to identify patients with V_(Watson)/0.73 ≥ W and compared their nutritional indices with those of PD patients with V_(Watson)/0.73 < W.RESULTS The study identified at the first clearance study two male patients with V_(Watson)/0.73 ≥ W among 439 patients on PD.Compared to 260 other male patients on PD,the two subjects with advanced wasting had exceptionally low body mass index and serum albumin concentration.The first of the two subjects also had very low values for serum creatinine concentration and total(in urine and spent peritoneal dialysate) creatinine excretion rate while the second subject had an elevated serum creatinine concentration and high creatinine excretion rate due,most probably,to non-compliance with the PD prescription.CONCLUSION Advanced wasting(zero BF) in PD patients,identified by the anthropometric formulas that estimate V,while rare,is associated with indices of poor somatic and visceral nutrition.
文摘AIMTo test whether muscle mass evaluated by creatinine excretion (EXCr) is maintained in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD), we evaluated repeated measurements of EXCr in a PD population.METHODSOne hundred and sixty-six PD patients (94 male, 72 female) receiving the same PD dose for the duration of the study (up to approximately 2.5 years) had repeated determinations of total (in urine plus spent dialysate) 24-h EXCr (EXCr T) to assess the adequacy of PD by creatinine clearance. All 166 patients had two EXCr T determinations, 84 of the 166 patients had three EXCr T determinations and 44 of the 166 patients had four EXCr T measurements. EXCr T values were compared using the paired t test in the patients who had two studies and by repeated measures ANOVA in those who were studied three or four times.RESULTSIn patients who were studied twice, with the first and second EXCr T measurements performed at 9.2 ± 15.2 mo and 17.4 ± 15.8 mo after onset of PD, respectively, EXCr T did not differ between the first and second study. In patients studied three times and whose fnal assessment occurred 24.7 ± 16.3 mo after initiating PD, EXCr T did not differ between the first and second study, but was significantly lower in the third study compared to the frst study. In patients who were studied four times and whose fourth measurement was taken 31.9 ± 16.8 mo after onset of PD, EXCr T did not differ between any of the studies. The average EXCr T value did not change signifcantly, with the exception of the third study in the patients studied thrice. However, repeated determinations of EXCr T in individuals showed substantial variability, with approximately 50% of the repeated determinations being higher or lower than the first determination by 15% or more.CONCLUSIONThe average value of EXCr T remains relatively constantfor up to 2.5 years of follow-up in PD patients who adhereto the same PD schedule. However, repeated individualEXCr T values vary considerably in a large proportion ofthe patients. Further studies are needed to evaluatethe clinical signifcance of varying EXCr T values and thestability of EXCr T beyond 2.5 years of PD follow-up.
基金Project (No. 2012KYA107) supported by the Health Bureau of Zhejiang Province,China
文摘Objective:To evaluate the prevalence of primary iris and/or ciliary body cysts in eyes with shallow anterior chamber and their effect on the narrowing of the anterior chamber angle.Methods:Among the general physical check-up population,subjects with shallow anterior chambers,as judged by van Herick technique,were recruited for further investigation.Ultrasound biomicroscope(UBM) was used to detect and measure the cysts located in the iris and/or ciliary body,the anterior chamber depth(ACD),the angle opening distance at 500 μm(AOD500),and the trabecular-iris angle(TIA).A-scan ultrasonography was used to measure the ocular biometry,including lens thickness,axial length,lens/axial length factor(LAF),and relative lens position(RLP).The effect of the cyst on narrowing the corresponding anterior chamber angle and the entire angle was evaluated by the UBM images,ocular biometry,and gonioscopic grading.The eye with unilateral cyst was compared with the eye without the cyst for further analysis.Results:Among the 727 subjects with shallow anterior chamber,primary iris and ciliary body cysts were detected in 250(34.4%) patients;among them 96(38.4%) patients showed unilateral single cyst,21(8.4%) patients had unilateral double cysts,and 42(16.8%) patients manifested unilateral multiple and multi-quadrants cysts.Plateau iris configuration was found in 140 of 361(38.8%) eyes with cysts.The mean size of total cysts was(0.6547±0.2319) mm.In evaluation of the effect of the cyst size and location on narrowing the corresponding angle to their position,the proportion of the cysts causing corresponding angle narrowing or closure among the cysts larger than 0.8 mm(113/121,93.4%) was found to be significantly higher than that of the cysts smaller than 0.8 mm(373/801,46.6%),and a significant higher proportion was also found in the cysts located at iridociliary sulcus(354/437,81.0%) than in that at the pars plicata(131/484,27.1%).In evaluating the effect of the cyst on the entire anterior chamber angle,the eyes with multiple and multi-quadrants cysts manifested significant narrowing of the entire anterior chamber angle as compared with the eyes without cysts,based on the data analysis in comparison of TIA,AOD500,and gonioscopic grading evaluation.The unilateral single or double cysts in the eyes had no significant effect on narrowing of anterior chamber angle as compared with eyes without cysts.The iris and/or ciliary body cysts did not seem to affect the axial length,ACD,lens thickness,RLP,LAF.Conclusions:The prevalence of primary iris and ciliary body cyst was 34.4% in the subjects with shallow anterior chamber.The cysts larger than 0.8 mm,locating at iridociliary sulcus,or multiple and extensive cysts were inclined to cause the angle narrowing or closure.
基金This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30571988), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7072019), and the Capital Medical Development Foundation (No. 2002-2018).
文摘Background Ciliary body tumors are usually difficult to diagnose and treat in early stages. However, treatment of such tumors has trended toward ocular conservation instead of enucleation. Local excision of ciliary body tumors has become effective with the development of the modern vitrectomy, but long-term outcomes are still not clear. Therefore, we reported the outcome of locally excised ciliary body tumors after long-term follow-up. Methods Twenty-two patients (22 eyes), who had been diagnosed with ciliary body tumors in Beijing Tongren Hospital from January 1996 to June 2001, were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. Localized lamellar sclera-ciliary excisions were performed. In some cases, vitrectomies, scleral graft transplantations, and further excisions of the anterior choroid were performed. Diagnoses were confirmed by histopathologic examination. Patients were followed from five to eleven years after surgery. Their visual acuity, intraocular pressure and local recurrence were recorded with descriptive percentages. Results After surgery, all patients maintained normal eyeball appearances. Six patients maintained circular pupils. The final best corrected visual acuities (BCVA) varied from 0.02-1.00, including 18 patients (81.82%) who had BCVA equal to or better than that before surgery. Fifteen patients (68.18%) had BCVA better than 0.3. Only two patients had intraocular pressure (lOP) of less than 10 mmHg and the other patients maintained normal lOP. Nine cases (40.91%) were given confirmed diagnosis of malignant melanoma, four (18.18%) of melanocytoma, six (27.27%) of nonpigmented ciliary epithelial adenoma, two (9.09%) of neurofibroma, and one (4.55%) of neurinoma. Twenty patients (90.91%) had no recurrence during the follow-up period. In one case melanocytoma recurred seven years after surgery and enucleation was performed. One patient, whose operation removed a malignant melanoma with a diameter of 16 mm, died of hepatic metastasis five years after the operation. Conclusion For some ciliary body tumors, especially in the early stages, local excision is an effective and safe method to save the vision and the eyeball.
文摘Background The neurogenesis in retina of adult mammals is generally abolished, and this renders the retina lack of regenerative capacity. Despite this, there is a small population of nestin-positive cells in the ciliary epithelium which retains neurogenic potential. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of two drugs, corticosterone and paroxetine, on the cell proliferation of the ciliary body. Methods Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were given vehicle, corticosterone, paroxetine, or both corticosterone and paroxetine treatment for 14 days. Cell proliferation in the ciliary body was quantified using 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) immunohistochemistry. Co-labelling of BrdU and stem cell marker was used to phenotype the BrdU immunoreactive cells. Results Corticosterone treatment suppressed while paroxetine treatment increased the cell proliferation of the ciliary body. Co-labelling with cell markers revealed that the BrdU positive cells also showed nestin expression but not glial fJbrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Conclusions The results illustrate that proliferation of retinal progenitor cells situated in ciliary body are subjected to regulation by selective serotonin reuptake Jnhibitors (SSRI) and corticosteroJd, which is similar to our previous findings in neurogenic regions in central nervous system (CNS). Paroxetine treatment could reverse the suppressive effect of corticosterone on ciliary body cell proliferation. This provides information for future investigation of retinal stem cell biology and potential treatment of retinal degenerative diseases.
基金This study was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30400489, No. 30872842), and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry (China).
文摘Background The role played by the nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway in the aqueous humor dynamics is still unclear.This study was designed to investigate the expression and distribution of NO synthase (NOS) isoforms and guanylate cyclase (GC) in human ciliary body,trabecular meshwork and the Schlemm's canal.Methods Twelve eyes after corneal transplantation were used.Expression of three NOS isoforms (i.e.neuronal NOS (nNOS),inducible NOS (iNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS)) and GC were assessed in 10 eyes by immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal or polyclonal antibody of NOS and GC.Ciliary bodies were dissected free and the total proteins were extracted.Western blotting was performed to confirm the protein expression of 3 NOS isoforms and GC.Results Expression of 3 NOS isoforms and GC were observed in the ciliary epithelium,ciliary muscle,trabecular meshwork and the endothelium of the Schlemm's canal.Immunoreactivity of nNOS was detected mainly along the apical cytoplasmic junction of the non-pigmented epithelium (NPE) and pigmented epithelial (PE) cells.Protein expressions of 3 NOS isoforms and GC were confirmed in isolated human ciliary body by Western blotting.Conclusions The expression of NOS isoforms and GC in human ciliary body suggest the possible involvement of NO and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cyclic GMP,cGMP) signaling pathway in the ciliary body,and may play a role in both processes of aqueous humor formation and drainage.
文摘INTRODUCTION Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is defined as lymphoma confined to the brain, eye, spinal cord, or leptomeninges. It constitutes approximately 3% of all brain tumors, and 2-3% of all cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Ocular involvement can be detected during clinical staging in about 20% of patients with PCNSL, with primary vitreous retinal lymphoma being the most common subtype. Uveal involvement of PCNSL is uncommon, and PCNSL with ciliary body involvement (CBL), to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported.
基金Science and Technology Department Technology Support Program of Qingdao,Shandong Province,China(No.2012-5-024-YY)
文摘Dear Sir,Iam Dr.Li-Na Meng,from the Qingdao Eye Hospital,Shandong Eye Institute,Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences,Qingdao,China.I want to present a rare case of secondary intraocular lens(IOL)implantation in an11-year-old boy who developed the complication of ciliary body detachment.When he was 2 years old,the boy underwent bilateral cataract extraction for congenital cataract in the other
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30872817, 30630063, and 30271394)National Basic Research Program of China (No.2009CB526506)+1 种基金Taishan Scholar Program,China(No.ts20081148)Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province,China(No.2006GG220233)
文摘AIM: To investigate the infiltration and activation of lymphocyte in iris-ciliary body and anterior chamber after allogenic penetrating keratoplasty (PK), for further revealing the role of iris-ciliary body in corneal allograft immune rejection. METHODS: In the mice models of PK, BALB/C mice received orthotopic isografts (n =35) or C57BL/6 donor allografts (n=25). Grafts were examined daily for 3 weeks by slit-lamp microscopy and scored for opacity. The infiltration of CD4(+) T lymphocyte in iris-ciliary body and anterior chamber was examined by immunohistology and the mRNA of CD80 and CD86 in both cornea graft and iris-ciliary body by RT-PCR was analyzed in allograft recipient at days 3, 6, 10 and the day when graft rejection occurred. Isograft recipients were examined as control at the corresponding time points. Transmission electron microscope was used to study the ultrastructure, especially cell infiltration, of iris-cilary body and corneal graft at day 3, 7 and the day when rejection occurred after allogenic PK. RESULTS: Rejection was observed in all the allograft recipients followed more than 10 days, at a median time of 15 days (range 12-18 days), but not in any of isografts. CD4(+) T cells were first detected at day 6 after transplantation in limbus and Ciliary body, and then in the stroma of recipient, iris, anterior chamber and corneal allograft with an increased number until graft rejection occurred. CD80 and CD86 mRNA were detected under RT-PCR examination in both graft and iris-ciliary body of allograft recipient, but not in any of isograft recipient. Three days after operation, lymphocytes and monocytes macrophages were visible in iris blood vessels and the anterior chamber, and vascular endothelial cell proliferation and activation were significant under transmission electron microscopy examination. At day 7, corneal endothelial cells became thinner. Lymphocytes and mononuclear macrophages were found with great number in the anterior chamber and adhered to the corneal endothelium. Blood vessels in iris increased and were filled with lymphocytes. And lymphocytes were detected to migrate through endothelial cell gap out of vessels. When allograft rejection occurred, macrophages attached to endothelial cells with large number of lymphocytes and macrophages infiltrating in iris. CONCLUSION: Lymphocyte infiltration and activation occurred in iris-ciliary body after allogenic PK, and the lymphocytes could migrate from iris blood vessel to the anterior chamber, which might play an important role in corneal allograft immune rejection.
基金This study was supported by NIH grant EYO5246,the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation and an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness.Inc
文摘Purpose: To characterize prejunctional 5-HT heteroreceptors which modulate nacetylcholine (3 H-ACh release) in isolated rabbit and human iris-ciliary bodies (ICBS) . Methods: ICB tissue segments were incubated with H-choline, superfused and electrically stimulated four times (S1,S2,S3,S4) at 3 - 10 Hz for 1 min to elicit 3H-ACh. secretion. Test agents (5-HT agonists and antagonists) were added before S2,S3 and S4 and their effects determined by the stimulation ratio (Sx/S1) of evoked 3H-ACh. release. 3H-ACh in super-fusate fractions was fractionated and quantified by ion exchange chromatography. Results: In rabbit ICBs, evoked 3H-ACh. release was enhanced in a concentration-dependent manner by 5-HT (10- 9 - 10-5 M, EC50 = 5.8× 10-8 M). The maximum effect of 5-HT (10-6M) corresponded to a 45. 14 ± 7.40%) (n = 6) increase in 3H-ACh release. Higher concentrations of 5-HT ( > 10- M) induced desensitization. The response to 5-HT ( 10-6 M) in the presence of the 5-HT3/4 antagonist tropisetron (10-9 M) ,