ABSTRACT
Scanning the eye through the closed eyelid was evaluated utilizing a non-dedicated real-time ultrasound scanner equipped with 7.5 MHz transducer. Ninety-three ocular ultrasound examinations subdivided into two groups were included in this study. Group I included 35 examinations with previously known ocular abnormalities. In this group ultrasonography detected the abnormalities successfully in all examinations. Group II included 58 examinations in which the abnormalities were not previously known. Of these 58 examination 36 were reported positive including one false-positive diagnosis. This was an incorrect interpretation of an abnormal finding. In the remaining 22 examinations, the ultrasound study was reported negative including four false-negative diagnosis. They were cases with small, almost resolving vitreous hemorrhages. The procedure achieved 87.5% sensitivity, 100% specificity and 91% diagnostic accuracy in the imaging evaluation of intraocular problems. The technique was easy to perform with the production of good quality images. The present study proves that st and ard real-time ultrasound scanners are adaptable to the evaluation of ocular problems and the technique is within the scope of the radiologist who does not have access to dedicated equipments