title: [Osteoma of the bulbus pole. Manifestations in relation to site and extent].
abstract: The authors followed the clinical course of two patients with osteoma of the posterior pole for a period of two years. A 60 year old male patient whose bone formation was confined to the episclera remained asymptomatic during the follow-up period. In contrast, the visual acuity of a 9 year old female patient with an osteoma of the choroid fell from 1.0 (20/20, 6/6) initially to 0.2 (20/100, 6/30) during the same two year follow-up interval. After reviewing the literature, the authors consider the pathophysiological prerequisites for ocular bone formation and discuss the differential diagnostic possibilities.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Hamburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guthoff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abramo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Osteome der Bulbuswand. Erscheinungsformen in Abhängigkeit von Lage und Ausdehnung.