B-SCAN: A SIGNIFICANT TOOL IN EVALUATION OF VARIOUS OCULAR LESIONS AND ITS MERITS OVER CONVENTIONAL OPHTHALMOSCOPIC EXAMINATION

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: USG study of 118 patients in the present study highlights the advantages of ocular ultra sonography (B-mode) in the evaluation of retinal disorders. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of USG in cases with opaque light conducting media where direct vision by ophthalmoscopy is impossible, trauma where direct ophthalmoscopy is challenging even for experienced clinicians and in orbital diseases and in localization of intraocular foreign body. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonographic ndings were well correlated with clinical and operative observations. Sonographic examination unambiguously deserves foremost position in the algorithm for imaging pathological states of the eyeball.