title: Congenital corneal staphyloma treated by evisceration and primary implant placement: 3 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National Universtiy College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Moon Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ho Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Choung
authors.forename: Nam Ju
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang In
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Khwarg
mesh_terms: 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