Conclusions The distance between the corneoscleral limbus and the ciliary body as identified by transillumination varies significantly in different quadrants of the eye. Considerable variability ...

spindle-cell naevus of the ciliary body (Figure 1c). A 51-year-old Caucasian female was referred to the Department of Ophthalmic Oncology at the Cole Eye Institute for further evaluation of an ...

We present the case of a woman in her late 40s who presented with an iris lesion extending to the ciliary body and mature white cataract with a visual acuity of perception of light in her right eye.

Your uvea contains three important structures: The iris. That's the colored circle at the front of your eye. The ciliary body. This is a ring of tissue behind your iris that makes fluid and has ...

The three layers of the eyeball continue round but they make up different structures in the front of the eye. The fibrous sclera becomes clear, instead of white. This part of it is called the cornea ...

When cancer is in the ciliary body, it can push the lens of the eye out of place and blur your vision. Very rarely, this cancer can grow on the eyelid or the clear, thin coating over the white of ...

The uvea (iris, ciliary body, and choroid), which forms the middle coat of the eye, is pigmented and highly vascular. Microbes that reach the eye through the bloodstream often seed the uvea first.

Within the eye, this appears as lax ciliary zonules. The ciliary body is a structure composed of two parts: a ring of circular muscle that is an extension of the iris, and the ciliary epithelium ...

Intermediate uveitis causes inflammation of the ciliary body and the vitreous fluid inside your eye. It’s also referred to as iridocyclitis. Posterior uveitis affects your choroid that contains ...

The middle layer of the eye, known as the uvea, becomes inflamed when someone has eye inflammation or uveitis.