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Contractile Peripapillary Staphyloma

Contractile Peripapillary Staphyloma Abstract Among the rarest of all the congenital anomalies of the eye is peripapillary staphyloma or scleral ectasia, in which a normal or nearly normal optic nerve head lies at the bottom of a deep excavation in the fundus. This condition must be distinguished from coloboma of the optic disc, in which the defect is within the abnormal nerve head itself,1 and myopic conus, in which the defect is usually temporal to the disc and progressive, and in which the nerve head is abnormal.2 Zimmerman3 first described the anomaly in a living dog which had pigmented arcs on both corneas, a peripapillary staphyloma in the right eye, and a staphyloma temporal to the disc in the left eye. Microscopic sections of the right eye showed the thin scleral ectasia to be lined with remnants of retina and choroid. The optic nerve was slightly atrophic, with increase in the References 1. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 2, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 472-481. 2. Hogan, M.J., and Zimmerman, L.E.: Ophthalmic Pathology , ed 2, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1962, pp 111-117. 3. Zimmerman, W.: Ueber Angeborene Veränderungen der Cornea und Sklera eines Hundes , Klin Mbl Augenheilk 35:226-34, 1897. 4. Stock, W., and von Szily, A.: Eine Noch Nicht Beschriebene Kongenitale Anomalie des Augenhintergrundes , Klin Mbl Augenheilk 44:48-51 (Sec 1) 1906. 5. Kayser, B.: Ueber einen Fall von Tiefer Ektasie des Fundus am Sehnerveneintritt , Klin Mbl Augenheilk 45:76-80 (sec 1) 1907. 6. Hancock, Ilbert: Peripapillary Ectasia, With Inclusion of the Optic Nerve , Trans Ophthal Soc UK 27:167-168, 1907. 7. Young, G.: Peripapillary Ectasia , Trans Ophthal Soc UK 45:267-273, 1925. 8. Thiel, R.: Atlas of Diseases of the Eye , Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Co., 1963, vol 2, p 363. 9. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 2, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 541-542. 10. Walsh, F.B.: Personal communication to the authors, April, 1963. 11. Franceschetti, A.: Personal communication to the author (Dr. Wise), Oct 23, 1964. 12. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 1, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 162-163. 13. Walsh, F.B.: Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology , ed 2, Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1957, p 31. 14. Longfellow, D.W.; Davis, F.S.; and Walsh, F.B.: Unilateral Intermittent Blindness With Dilation of Retinal Veins , Arch Ophthal 67:554-555, 1962.Crossref 15. Graether, J.M.: Transient Amaurosis in One Eye With Simultaneous Dilatation of Retinal Veins , Arch Ophthal 70:342-45. 1963.Crossref 16. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 1, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 158-161. 17. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 1, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1958, pp 495-97. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

Contractile Peripapillary Staphyloma

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Abstract

Abstract Among the rarest of all the congenital anomalies of the eye is peripapillary staphyloma or scleral ectasia, in which a normal or nearly normal optic nerve head lies at the bottom of a deep excavation in the fundus. This condition must be distinguished from coloboma of the optic disc, in which the defect is within the abnormal nerve head itself,1 and myopic conus, in which the defect is usually temporal to the disc and progressive, and in which the nerve head is abnormal.2 Zimmerman3 first described the anomaly in a living dog which had pigmented arcs on both corneas, a peripapillary staphyloma in the right eye, and a staphyloma temporal to the disc in the left eye. Microscopic sections of the right eye showed the thin scleral ectasia to be lined with remnants of retina and choroid. The optic nerve was slightly atrophic, with increase in the References 1. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 2, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 472-481. 2. Hogan, M.J., and Zimmerman, L.E.: Ophthalmic Pathology , ed 2, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1962, pp 111-117. 3. Zimmerman, W.: Ueber Angeborene Veränderungen der Cornea und Sklera eines Hundes , Klin Mbl Augenheilk 35:226-34, 1897. 4. Stock, W., and von Szily, A.: Eine Noch Nicht Beschriebene Kongenitale Anomalie des Augenhintergrundes , Klin Mbl Augenheilk 44:48-51 (Sec 1) 1906. 5. Kayser, B.: Ueber einen Fall von Tiefer Ektasie des Fundus am Sehnerveneintritt , Klin Mbl Augenheilk 45:76-80 (sec 1) 1907. 6. Hancock, Ilbert: Peripapillary Ectasia, With Inclusion of the Optic Nerve , Trans Ophthal Soc UK 27:167-168, 1907. 7. Young, G.: Peripapillary Ectasia , Trans Ophthal Soc UK 45:267-273, 1925. 8. Thiel, R.: Atlas of Diseases of the Eye , Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Co., 1963, vol 2, p 363. 9. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 2, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 541-542. 10. Walsh, F.B.: Personal communication to the authors, April, 1963. 11. Franceschetti, A.: Personal communication to the author (Dr. Wise), Oct 23, 1964. 12. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 1, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 162-163. 13. Walsh, F.B.: Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology , ed 2, Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1957, p 31. 14. Longfellow, D.W.; Davis, F.S.; and Walsh, F.B.: Unilateral Intermittent Blindness With Dilation of Retinal Veins , Arch Ophthal 67:554-555, 1962.Crossref 15. Graether, J.M.: Transient Amaurosis in One Eye With Simultaneous Dilatation of Retinal Veins , Arch Ophthal 70:342-45. 1963.Crossref 16. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 3, pt 1, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1963, pp 158-161. 17. Duke-Elder, S.: System of Ophthalmology , vol 1, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1958, pp 495-97.

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Archives of Ophthalmology – American Medical Association

Published: May 1, 1966

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    Duke-Elder , S.
  • Ophthalmic Pathology
    Hogan , M.J., and Zimmerman, L.E.
  • Ueber Angeborene Veränderungen der Cornea und Sklera eines Hundes
    Zimmerman , W.
  • Eine Noch Nicht Beschriebene Kongenitale Anomalie des Augenhintergrundes
    Stock , W., and von Szily, A.
  • Ueber einen Fall von Tiefer Ektasie des Fundus am Sehnerveneintritt
    Kayser , B.
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    Hancock ,
  • Peripapillary Ectasia
    Young , G.
  • Atlas of Diseases of the Eye
    Thiel , R.
  • System of Ophthalmology
    Duke-Elder , S.
  • System of Ophthalmology
    Duke-Elder , S.
  • Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
    Walsh , F.B.
  • Unilateral Intermittent Blindness With Dilation of Retinal Veins
    Longfellow , D.W.; Davis, F.S.; and Walsh, F.B.
  • Transient Amaurosis in One Eye With Simultaneous Dilatation of Retinal Veins
    Graether , J.M.
  • System of Ophthalmology
    Duke-Elder , S.
  • System of Ophthalmology
    Duke-Elder , S.