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By Norman Byer
From Dr. Norman E. Byer’s “The Peripheral Retina in Profile” - Uploaded on Nov 9, 2012.
- Last modified by Suber S. Huang, MD, MBA, FASRS on Feb 11, 2013.
- Reviewed by Chayal Patel
- Rating
- Appears in
- Miscellaneous
- Condition/keywords
- cyst of the pars plana, lower temporal quadrant, ora serrata, scleral indentation
- Description
- This is a cyst of the pars plana located just anterior to the ora serrata in the lower temporal quadrant. It illustrates how far anterior one may visualize the fundus with indirect ophthalmoscopy and scleral indentation. Pars plana cysts are common lesions of no particular clinical significance.