Presentation
Bulging left eye globe
Patient Data
The left eye globe appears abnormal, with an abnormally protruding anterior segment and ballooning of the posterior segment. Non-visualization of a normal eye lens (with normal appearance of the right eye lens). Multiple abnormal calcific foci are seen surrounding the abnormally protruding anterior segment.
Case Discussion
Staphyloma refers to the thinning and stretching of the sclera, resulting in the bulging of the uvea, which may be anterior, posterior, or equatorial. Patients present with a bulging, protruding eye globe and experience a loss of vision. Imaging perspectives show an elongated eye globe, with focal anterior protrusion and a thinned-out scleral uveal rim.
Differential diagnoses include coloboma, axial myopia, and congenital glaucoma.