Presentation
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Patient Data
Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Scleral buckle surgery
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Cropped images from a CT brain.
Hyperdensity surrounds the left globe in keeping with scleral buckle surgery.
Case Discussion
Scleral buckling refers to the treatment of retinal detachment with a prosthesis that indents the globe under the retinal detachment in the hope of retinal reattachment occurring. These "prostheses" are left in permanently unless a complication occurs.
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