PURPOSE In this study, we examined the stability of the lens-angle supporter (LAS) for accommodation restoration by comparing intraocular lens (IOL) location, after-cataract and ciliary body damage after cataract surgery in rabbits. METHODS Eight rabbits were divided into experimental and control groups of four rabbits each. Phacoemulsification and irrigation and aspiration were performed in ...

BACKGROUND Acute anterior uveitis has diverse causes and systemic associations. Inflammation is predominantly localised to the iris and pars plicata. Little is known about the in vivo effects of uveitis on ciliary body anatomy. METHODS Bilateral, high frequency, high resolution, ultrasound biomicroscopy was performed on consecutive patients with unilateral anterior uveitis to evaluate ciliary...

A case of ciliary body neurilemmoma is described. This neoplasm is extremely rare in the uveal tract and has been reported only once in the ciliary body. After extensive clinical studies of the rapidly growing tumour enucleation was performed. Subsequent histological examination showed typical features of highly vascular benign neurilemmoma. The main clinical and pathological features are repor...

The purpose of this study was to determine the direction of organic anion (OA) transport across the ciliary body and the transport proteins that may contribute. Transport of several OAs across the bovine ciliary body was examined using ciliary body sections mounted in Ussing chambers and a perfused eye preparation. Microarray, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunoblot...

The ciliary body is a circular structure ( as appears in coronal section and triangular in cross section) forming a complete ring which is continuos anteriorly with the iris periphery and posteriorly with the choroid. It measures about 6mm wide (6.5-mm on temporal side and 5.5-mm on the nasal side) and extends forward to the scleral spur and backward to the ora serrata of the retina. It present...

PURPOSE To report the clinicopathologic features of an adenoma of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. DESIGN Single interventional case report. METHODS. A nonpigmented iris and ciliary body tumor was diagnosed in a 66-year-old woman who complained of blurred vision related to a unilateral cataract. A combined cataract surgery and partial lamellar sclerouvectomy was performed. RESULTS Histo...

The fine structural features of the early pathological changes induced in uveal tissue by single intravitreal injections of three different quantities of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in rabbits toere studied. Small quantities of antigen (BSA) did not produce clinical signs of uveitis but a mild leukocytic infiltration (mainly monocytes) was found in the base of the ciliary body. The occasional ba...