Anterior segment optical coherence tomography in iris and ciliary body tumors: a systematic review

ABSTRACT

Introduction

Iris/ciliary body tumors can broadly be classified as benign or malignant, cystic or solid, and melanocytic or non-melanocytic. This study aims to provide a systematic review of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) findings in iris and ciliary body tumors.

Methods

We conducted a search of published articles related to the use of AS-OCT in iris/ciliary body tumors as of December 2022. Databases that were searched included PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The following search terms in various combinations were used: ‘anterior segment optical coherence tomography,’ ‘ciliary body melanoma,’ ‘ciliary body nevus,’ ‘ciliary body tumor,’ ‘iris cyst,’ ‘iris melanoma,’ ‘iris nevus,’ ‘iris tumor,’ and ‘metastasis.’

Results

A total of 41 studies (10 original articles and 31 case reports) met the inclusion criteria. AS-OCT data pertaining to 545 iris/ciliary body lesions could be retrieved.

Conclusion

AS-OCT has proved to be useful as a noninvasive tool for the diagnosis of solid tumors involving the iris/angle with no marked ciliary body involvement, iris pigment epithelial, and iris stromal cysts. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review in the literature evaluating the utility of AS-OCT in iris/ciliary body tumors.

KEYWORDS:

• Anterior segment optical coherence tomography
• ciliary body
• cyst
• iris
• melanoma
• nevus
• tumor
• ultrasound biomicroscopy

Declaration of interest

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

Reviewer disclosures

Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.

Supplementary Material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17469899.2023.2224565

Additional information

Funding

This paper was not funded.