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VITREOUS CYST

Originally posted on @retina.rocks 04/13/2021

This patient was noted to have an asymptomatic vitreous cyst in the left eye.

Learning Points:
Vitreous cysts are extremely rare, idiopathic, and usually diagnosed as an incidental finding, as in this patient. If symptomatic, the cyst can literally be popped with a YAG laser.

These cysts likely originate from a ciliary body cyst (see Dhull et al, Ophthalmology Retina 2020;4:1208).