Synchysis scintillans

MedGen UID:: 543319
•Concept ID:: C0271407
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonym:	Cholesterolosis of vitreous
SNOMED CT:	Cholesterolosis of vitreous (49001006); Synchysis scintillans (49001006)

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Phacoemulsification with implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens in eyes with asteroid hyalosis and synchysis scintillans.

Ortega-Usobiaga J, Bilbao-Calabuig R, González-López F, Beltrán-Sanz J, Wang Y, Llovet-Osuna F, Figueroa MS
J Fr Ophtalmol 2024 Apr;47(4):104105. Epub 2024 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2024.104105. PMID: 38428321

Cholesterosis bulbi: the ocular abnormality known as synchysis scintillans.

Wand M, Smith TR, Cogan DG
Am J Ophthalmol 1975 Aug;80(2):177-83. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90129-4. PMID: 1155557

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Diagnosis

A Rare Association: Neovascular Glaucoma Accompanying Anterior Chamber Synchysis Scintillans.

Bayraktar S, Acar A, Şekeroğlu MA
Turk J Ophthalmol 2024 Feb 22;54(1):49-51. Epub 2023 Nov 27 doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2023.39016. PMID: 38008935 Free PMC Article

ANTERIOR CHAMBER SYNCHYSIS SCINTILLANS: A CASE REPORT.

Banc A, Stan C
Rom J Ophthalmol 2015 Jul-Sep;59(3):164-6. PMID: 26978885 Free PMC Article

Synchysis Scintillans in a Child.

Brodsky MC
JAMA Ophthalmol 2015 Jul;133(7):e150793. Epub 2015 Jul 9 doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.0793. PMID: 26158438

Vitreous Hemorrhage.

Spraul CW, Grossniklaus HE
Surv Ophthalmol 1997 Jul-Aug;42(1):3-39. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(97)84041-6. PMID: 9265701

Cholesterosis bulbi: the ocular abnormality known as synchysis scintillans.

Wand M, Smith TR, Cogan DG
Am J Ophthalmol 1975 Aug;80(2):177-83. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90129-4. PMID: 1155557

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Therapy

Phacoemulsification with implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens in eyes with asteroid hyalosis and synchysis scintillans.

Nanoparticles as agents targeting cholesterol crystallization in atherosclerosis.

Anfinogenova Y, Shvedova M, Popov SV
Med Hypotheses 2017 May;102:19-22. Epub 2017 Mar 6 doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.03.002. PMID: 28478823

Eye drops preservative as the cause of corneal band keratopathy in long-term pilocarpine hydrochloride treatment.

Pavicić-Astalos J, Lacmanović-Loncar V, Petric-Vicković I, Sarić D, Mandić Z, Csik T, Susić N
Acta Clin Croat 2012 Mar;51(1):107-11. PMID: 22920012

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Prognosis

Phacoemulsification with implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens in eyes with asteroid hyalosis and synchysis scintillans.

Vitreous Hemorrhage.

Spraul CW, Grossniklaus HE
Surv Ophthalmol 1997 Jul-Aug;42(1):3-39. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(97)84041-6. PMID: 9265701

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Clinical prediction guides

Phacoemulsification with implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens in eyes with asteroid hyalosis and synchysis scintillans.

A Rare Association: Neovascular Glaucoma Accompanying Anterior Chamber Synchysis Scintillans.

Bayraktar S, Acar A, Şekeroğlu MA
Turk J Ophthalmol 2024 Feb 22;54(1):49-51. Epub 2023 Nov 27 doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2023.39016. PMID: 38008935 Free PMC Article

ANTERIOR CHAMBER SYNCHYSIS SCINTILLANS: A CASE REPORT.

Banc A, Stan C
Rom J Ophthalmol 2015 Jul-Sep;59(3):164-6. PMID: 26978885 Free PMC Article

Crystals in the aqueous humor of normal eye.

Awan KJ
Ann Ophthalmol 1978 Jan;10(1):37-9. PMID: 637475

Cholesterosis bulbi: the ocular abnormality known as synchysis scintillans.

Wand M, Smith TR, Cogan DG
Am J Ophthalmol 1975 Aug;80(2):177-83. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90129-4. PMID: 1155557

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