Peripapillary Staphyloma

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Identifier 93_46
Title Peripapillary Staphyloma
Creator Thomas R. Wolf, MD
Affiliation Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center
Contributing Institution AAO/NANOS - American Academy of Ophthalmology / North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Subject Staphyloma
Description Patients with ectasia of the outer layers of the eye may exhibit a posterior protrusion that appears on funduscopy as an area of deep excavation of the retina (posterior staphyloma). When it occurs around the optic disc, as in this case, it is termed a peripapillary staphyloma. This may occur in association with other optic nerve or posterior segment anomalies. This differs from a coloboma, which is a congenital absence of normally present intraocular contents due to failure of embryonic layer fusion. Disease/Diagnosis: Staphyloma.
Date 1999
Date Digital 2004
Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Source AAO/NANOS Clinical neuro-ophthalmology : image collection for ophthalmic practitioners. American Academy of Ophthalmology [electronic resource], [San Francisco, Calif.] : AAO, c1999.
Relation is Part of Case 14
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: AAO-NANOS Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinical Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/AAO
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1999. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6fr2w6b
Setname ehsl_novel_aao_nanos
ID 176731
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr2w6b
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