Scleral calcifications in hyperparathyroidism: demonstration by computed tomography.
Scleral calcifications were demonstrated roentgenographically in two patients with known hyperparathyroidism and clinically normal eyes. In one of these patients, scleral calcification was evident both on plain films and with computed tomography (CT). In the second patient, a solitary plaque of calcified sclera was visible only by CT. Histopathologic examination of the eyes of a third hyperparathyroid patient who died during surgery demonstrated calcium plaques in the posterior sclera consistent with the CT appearance of the sclera in the other patients.
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012590:Sclera / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology