Senile scleral plaques and senile scleromalacia.
A case of senile scleral plaques is reported in which expulsion of a calcified plaque anterior to the insertion of the medial horizontal rectus muscle gave rise to senile scleromalacia. Histopathological examination revealed a second calcified plaque at the site of the contralateral senile scleral plaque in this eye. This case indicates that senile scleromalacia is a scleral disease sui generis which occurs by expulsion of a calcified plaque in advanced cases of senile scleral plaques. Senile scleromalacia has not previously been described as a clinical entity.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology*