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Transillumination technique can show ciliary body mass in glaucoma patients
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BERLIN — A simplified, inexpensive transillumination technique could assist in detecting glaucomatous damage by providing a view of the ciliary body mass and its depigmentation. This is the first screening method to show depigmentation with clarity, a study found.
Maryia V. Morkhat, MD, and Victor J. Morkhat, MD, examined use of the transillumination technique in 87 glaucoma patients and 50 healthy control subjects. In the study, transillumination was conducted in a darkened clinic room. It was used on the temporal upper eyelid first, then the eyelid behind the globe.
The study authors presented results in a poster at the World Ophthalmology Congress here. They found that in glaucoma patients, the transillumination technique showed depigmentation of the ciliary body.
"Ciliary body visualization can be used as an effective and simple diagnostic method to reveal additional information about glaucomatous damage," they said. "Transillumination revealing ciliary body damage indicates cases where treatment increasing outflow should be considered the main option."
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