Sonographic features of senile scleral calcification

Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen*, Irit Bahar, David Barash, Elvira Naphtalaiv, Yoram Segev

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Abstract

■ BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To describe the sonographic features of senile scleral calcification using ultrasound biomicroscopy. ■ PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four patients in whom senile scleral calcifications were found incidentally on computed tomography studies underwent ultrasound biomicroscopy examination. ■ RESULTS: The senile scleral calcification was bilateral in three patients and unilateral in one patient. In all patients, the calcified material created the anterior shadowing typical of calcified lesions. The ultrasound biomicroscopy study localized the senile scleral calcification to the subconjunctival layer, superficially above the sclera, and anterior to the horizontal muscles. ■ CONCLUSIONS: This is the first description of the ultrasound biomicroscopy features of senile scleral calcification. Ultrasound biomicroscopy may serve as a good tool for the accurate localization of the plaque.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-117
Number of pages3
JournalOphthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

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