Phthisis bulbi | |
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Phthisis bulbi of the right eye | |
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Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Symptoms | Shrunken eye with little or no function |
Causes | Eye surgery |
Risk factors | Eye injury, Eye surgery, eye disease |
Prevention | By treating the condition before the eye goes to pthisis |
Treatment | Surgery |
Prognosis | Usually permanent blindness in affected eye |
Deaths | 0 |
Phthisis bulbi is a shrunken,[1] non-functional eye. It may result from severe eye disease, inflammation[2] or injury, or it may represent a complication of eye surgery.[3] Treatment options include insertion of a prosthesis, which may be preceded by enucleation of the eye.[4][5]