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CATARACTA OSSEA AND OTHER INTRAOCULAR OSSIFICATIONS
Author(s) -
FLEDELIUS HANS
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.tb01195.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ossification , uveitis , danish , endophthalmitis , ophthalmology , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
Cataracta ossea is described in a 5‐year‐old Danish boy, representing a sequal to a unilateral measles‐endophthalmitis 3 years earlier. Ossification was not demonstrated elsewhere in the eye. Further, cases of intraocular ossification over a 30‐year period were reviewed, based on the files of the Eye Pathology Institute. The total of 155 made up about 3% of enucleated eyes from Danish material received for examination. Regarding age at the initial eye lesion, more than half appeared within the first decade of life. The most frequent underlying lesions were trauma (32%) and uveitis (25%). Among the less frequent causes, emphasis is given to three cases of malignant uveal melanoma. Ossification of the lens was not encountered in the series ‐ except for the case which motivated the review.