Bilateral scleral pit associated with systemic sclerosis.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of a bilateral scleral pit in a patient with systemic sclerosis.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A bilateral scleral pit with surrounding scleral ischemia overlying the pars plana was noted in a 72-year-old woman with known systemic sclerosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Scleral pits should be added to the list of ocular findings associated with systemic sclerosis.
Mabon
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Francis I. Proctor Foundation and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 94143-0944, USA.
Whitcher
J P
JP
Anderson
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012590:Sclera / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*