title: Corneal ectasia after scleral buckling surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of corneal ectasia with marked asymmetric progression attributable to encircling buckle surgery for retinal detachment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 72-year-old man developed clinical signs of pellucid marginal degeneration in 1 eye after placement of an encircling scleral buckle. The fellow eye showed normal slit-lamp examination, with topographic signs of forme-fruste pellucid marginal degeneration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with forme-fruste pellucid marginal degeneration may show progression and clinical manifestations after encircling scleral buckle, probably by changes in ocular physiology and corneal biomechanics.
authors.affiliation: Oftalmoclinica Meier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. brunofontes@openlink.com.br
authors.forename: Bruno M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Fontes
authors.forename: Marian S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Macsai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000009:adverse effects*