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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Scleromalacia with transillumination defect in the setting of chronic scleral buckle exposure

Scleromalacia with transillumination defect in the setting of chronic scleral buckle exposure

Category(ies): Cornea, External Disease
Contributor: Jonathan L. Hager, MD
Photographer: Carol Chan, CRA

The patient was a 57-year-old man with vision loss in the right eye (OD) greater than left eye (OS) in the setting of a craniopharyngioma, which was resected 16 years prior. His visual acuity had been no light perception OD and 20/20 OS since the procedure.