EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Category: Retina
Diagnosis: equatorial sleral ectasiae/equatorial staphylomata

Image Comments:

According to Fuchs/Duane Textbook of Ophthalmology: " Equatorial ectasiae/equatorial staphylomata- These are dark prominences in the region of the equator of the eyeball.They can be seen only when the eyeball is turned strongly toward the side opposite the staphyloma. They occur at either one or more spots upon the equator, but never surround the entire eyeball like a ring, as is frequently the case with anterior scleral staphylomata." Unrecognized equatorial scleral staphylomata occasionally will lead to perforation of the eyeball when a retrobulbar injection is given.

 

 

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