Bilateral scleral pit associated with systemic sclerosis
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M Mabon1, J P Whitcher, R Anderson
1Francis I. Proctor Foundation and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 94143-0944, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|November 30, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
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.
