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Intraocular osseous metaplasia

Author(s) -

ArchanaC Buch,

YugamV Chopra,

PradeepS Jadhav,

PradhanM Pagaro

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

medical journal of dr d y patil university

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-7119

pISSN - 0975-2870

DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.97522

Subject(s) - phthisis bulbi , medicine , enucleation , ossification , ophthalmology , blunt trauma , etiology , metaplasia , surgery , visual acuity , pathology

Heterotropic bone formation or intraocular osseous metaplasia is a rare finding. Trauma, chronic inflammation, and long-standing retinal detachment are some of the common etiological factors associated with the onset of intraocular ossification. We report a case of a 16-year-old girl with a history of blunt trauma 6 years back, who complained of right eye blindness. Right eye enucleation was done which on histopathological examination revealed pre-retinal lamellar bone with fatty marrow. We diagnosed her case as intraocular ossification in phthisis bulbi

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