Application of ultrasound in the diagnosis of bacterial endophthalmitis / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To evaluate the appearances of ultrasound in bacterial endophthalmitis. Methods Thirty patients with endo-ophthalmitis (in 30 eyes) were examined by ultrasound and pathology, and their appearances were compared. Results All appearance in 30 patients (in 30 eyes) with endo-phthalmitis showed the turbidly of punctiform, fine particle, mass in ultrasound and bacterium, leukocytic infihrate,the patch of tissue in pathology. And two ways was correspond to diagnosis endophthalmitis. Conclusions Ultrasound can be used as an effective method to diagnose endophthalmitis.