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PARALIMBAL SCLEROMALACIA
Author(s) -
SØRENSEN TORBEN B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1975.tb00409.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scleritis , sclera , perforation , corneal perforation , keratitis , ophthalmology , surgery , cornea , materials science , uveitis , metallurgy , punching
A case of unilateral paralimbal scleromalacia (so‐called spontaneous scleral intercalary perforation) is presented. The otherwise healthy patient was followed over a period of more than 10 years. Two years before the condition was diagnosed, the patient had an attack of scleritis in the same eye. The disease was complicated by keratitis and resulted in an eye with light perception only. Scleral tissue from the defect was examined histologically.