Anterior vitreous incarceration is
a condition in which vitreous prolapses into the anterior chamber and passes
through a microscopic wound at an incisional site. The condition can be identified as a vitreous strand leading to the wound site during slit lamp examination. If the vitreous strand penetrates through all the corneal layers
on to the extra ocular surface it becomes vitreous wick syndrome. Anterior
segment imaging with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography of the
iridocorneal angle can provide high definition scans to confirm vitreous
incarceration and rule out vitreous wicking. It is important to appropriately
diagnose this condition to prevent vision threatening complications.
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