Congenital corneal staphyloma treated by evisceration and primary implant placement: 3 cases.
BACKGROUND
We report 3 cases of congenital corneal staphyloma.


METHODS
Two cases were cosmetically treated by evisceration and primary implant insertion and 1 case spontaneously converted to phthisis bulbi.


RESULTS
Placement of a cosmetic prosthesis improved the external appearances in the first 2 cases. No complications after operation were noted. The final outcome in the third patient was phthisis bulbi, which occurred spontaneously at 5 years of age in the absence of any surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
Evisceration with primary implant insertion is an appropriate treatment modality for congenital corneal staphyloma.
Kim
Moon Jung
MJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National Universtiy College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Choung
Ho Kyung
HK
Kim
Nam Ju
NJ
Khwarg
Sang In
SI
D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D017234:Eye Evisceration; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D020273:Orbital Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation