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Case Study: October 2011
History
A 20 year old male with a Coats disease presents with a fluid level in the anterior chamber.
This is tapped and sent off for cytological evaluation.
See figure.
Questions
- What is seen?
- What is the diagnosis?
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- Overlapping rhomboidal crystals of cholesterol
- Cholesterolosis bulbi in the setting of Coats disease.
References
Coats’ disease as a cause of anterior chamber cholesterolosis. Shields JA, Eagle RC Jr, Fammartino J, Shields CL, De Potter P.Arch Ophthalmol. 1995 Aug;113(8):975-7
Cholesterolosis Bulbi of the Anterior Chamber in Coats Disease.Gupta N, Beri S, D’souza P. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2009; 25:1-3.
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