Two Cases of Asteroid Hyalitis.

Chun, Young Keung; Kim, Hyo Youl

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(2):239-243.
Published online February 1, 1979.

Two Cases of Asteroid Hyalitis.

Young Keung Chun, Hyo Youl Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeon Ju, Korea.

성상초자체염 2례

전영경 , 김효열 ( Young Kyung Chun , Hyo Youl Kim )

Abstract

Asteroid hyalitis is a condition in which myriads of creamy or dull-white opacities (asteroid bodies) are suspended in the vitreous. Asteroid bodies are spherical or disc-shaped white bodies in the vitreous and were first differentiated from scyminans by Benson in 1894 as asteroid hyalitis (Benson's disease). The authors report here two cases of asteroid hyalitis: the first, a 55 year old male is associated with vitreoretinal hemorrhage, and the second, a 47 year old male is associated with cataract. Lens dislocation and pulmonary tuberculosis. They have no diabetes or hypercholesterolemla. We briefIy reviewed the literature relating to the asteroid hyalitis.