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Biopsy of Retinal Lesions with a Novel Sub-Retinal Aspiration Cannula

Michael Singer MD

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A 48-year old Hispanic male presented with lesions on both fundi. After two sub-tenon Kenalog injections showed no effect on the underlying lesions, Dr. Singer utilized a novel sub-retinal aspiration cannula, the iSRAC (iScience Interventional, Menlo Park, CA) to aspirate fluid and biospy the the lesions for cytopathology and PCR.

Posted: 10/08/2009

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Biopsy of Retinal Lesions with a Novel Sub-Retinal Aspiration Cannula

Michael Singer MD

A 48-year old Hispanic male presented with lesions on both fundi. After two sub-tenon Kenalog injections showed no effect on the underlying lesions, Dr. Singer utilized a novel sub-retinal aspiration cannula, the iSRAC (iScience Interventional, Menlo Park, CA) to aspirate fluid and biospy the the lesions for cytopathology and PCR.

Posted: 10/08/2009

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Kam balaggan

6 years ago

Hi is this still available?

Anonymous

10 years ago

How much tissue did you obtain? Did you pull the cannula out after each pass and collect the tissue? How did you handle the tissue?

ouyang hongbo

16 years ago

???

Carlos Sosa

16 years ago

did you make laser at the retinotomies?

Michael Singer

16 years ago

No it is a self sealing retinomy that is it's utility

shobhit chawla

16 years ago

s chawla

Mario Zambrano

16 years ago

nicely done! what was the result of the biopsy/PCR??

Michael Singer

16 years ago

Histology showed plasma cells PCR was not done but it has taken alot of other site biopsies since this a varient of Castlemens disease

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