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Bone Scan With SPECT/CT Demonstrated Phthisis Bulbi.
Shih-Tsung Lin1, Yuh-Feng Wang, Tzyy-Ling Chuang
1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi.
This study identifies posttraumatic calcification in the sclera, indicating phthisis bulbi (a shrunken ocular globe). This finding resulted from a childhood eye injury in a patient with a history of head and neck cancers.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Radiology
- Oncology
Background:
- A 46-year-old male patient presented with a history of childhood right eye vision loss due to injury.
- The patient also had a history of right hypopharyngeal cancer and left tonsillar cancer, both treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
- The patient experienced vision loss in the right eye from childhood due to an injury.
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