Einstein International Journal Organization(EIJO)

Abstract

Background: Eye is affected by spectrum of pathological conditions occurring in all age groups from newborn to old age. Although clinical examination and ophthalmoscope are the basis of diagnosis in most of the patients with eye disease, in many cases, especially when the clinical examination of the ocular fundus is difficult, B-scan ultrasound being most effective to diagnose ocular diseases.

Objectives: To evaluate role of B- scan ultrasound in ocular diseases.

Materials and methods: It was a hospital based observational, retrospective study with a sample size of 280 eyes of 210 patients during a period of nine months in the department of ophthalmology in medical college situated in urban region of western Uttar Pradesh. Patients undergoing B-scan as advised by their treating physicians were included in this study.

Results: In our study, 280 eyes of 210 patients underwent B scan for diagnosing various pathologies of the orbit out of which maximum number of patients were in the age group of more than 40 years. Sex distribution revealed more number of cases in male. The highest cases found to be of cataract in 110 eyes (39.28%) cases, 45(16.07%) patients with history of trauma, 21 (7.5%) cases with intraocular pathologies and 25(8.92%) cases of retinal disorders were found in the study.

Conclusion: B-scan found was to be reliable, safe and rapid investigation in evaluating the ocular pathologies is useful for preoperative planning.

Keywords: B-Scan Ultrasound, Intraocular Pathologies, Ocular Disorders, Orbit, Retinal Detachment, Vitreous Hemorrhage.

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