On the pathology of the ciliary sulcus

The so-called ciliary sulcus of the posterior chamber of the eye is the place of fixation for some of the posterior chamber lenses. It is only recently that this borderline between the iris root and the ciliary processes gained more interest among clinical ophthalmologists. Little is known on tissue reactions in ocular diseases at this very location. Possible reactions are presented based on the material of the Department of Ocular Pathology of the University Eye Hospital München. The main result of this study is the finding of marked fibrovascular proliferative reactions in inflammatory diseases, and vascular proliferations in diabetic and postthrombotic neovascular glaucoma. It is suggested that such proliferations might be the source of intraocular bleeding after posterior chamber lens implantation.