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Description:
Axial CT scan shows calcifications along the sclera of both globes, near the insertions of the lateral and medial rectus muscles.
🙋♀️Diagnosis: Senile calcific scleral plaques
• benign, common incidental finding on CT
• as the name implies, this condition is seen more frequently in the elderly
• females > males
• considered a form of dystrophic calcification
• mechanical stress from rectus muscle insertions, dehydration and solar damage are proposed causes
• located anterior to the insertion of the medial and lateral recti muscles
• differential diagnosis include foreign body, scleral buckle, and trochlear apparatus calcification
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