title: Bilateral scleral pit associated with systemic sclerosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Francis I. Proctor Foundation and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 94143-0944, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mabon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whitcher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: 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*