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New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1994; 10 (3): 1613-1616
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RESUMO
Medical treatment by steroids, systemic and topical, was used in 68 patients suffering from pearl tumor like lesion. Disappearance of the lesion occurred only in 3 eyes. Aspiration of the lesion was employed in 23 eyes, in 14 of them the lesion disappeared, in 5 eyes it was followed by a membrane like sheet on the anterior iris surface. In 3 eyes, it was very difficult to aspirate the mass. Excision of the residual membrane was performed in 8 eyes with a good results and minimal complications. Destruction by YAG laser was done in four eyes, one of them had recurrence and mild iritis was noticed in most of cases