title: [Intraocular ossification].
abstract: Following a general introduction to the problem of heterotopic bone formation the pathogenetic stages of intraocular ossification are described. Intraocular ossification was found in 30 (7%) of 423 eyes enucleated between 1974 and 1984. In 60% of the eyes the ossification was associated with trauma, in 25% with chronic uveitis. Bone formation started between four and 44 years after the onset of ocular disease and in most cases originated in the retinal pigment epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Schnaudigel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000473:pathology; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Intraokulare Knochenbildung.