Senile scleral plaques and senile scleromalacia.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1978 English Publisher:BMJJournal:British Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 62, pages 376-380 (issn: 0007-1161,

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Authors: W A, Manschot;

doi: 10.1136/bjo.62.6.376

pmid: 666986

pmc: PMC1043238

Senile scleral plaques and senile scleromalacia.

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Abstract

A case of senile scleral plaques is reported in which expulsion of a calcified plaque anterior to the insertion of the medial horizontal rectus muscle gave rise to senile scleromalacia. Histopathological examination revealed a second calcified plaque at the site of the contralateral senile scleral plaque in this eye. This case indicates that senile scleromalacia is a scleral disease sui generis which occurs by expulsion of a calcified plaque in advanced cases of senile scleral plaques. Senile scleromalacia has not previously been described as a clinical entity.

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Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Keywords

Eye Diseases, Age Factors, Calcinosis, Humans, Female, Corneal Ulcer, Sclera, Aged

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