Intraocular calcifications may be seen on the clinical examination, but they are more likely to be identified on imaging studies. They can occur due to a number of conditions.
Malignant conditions associated with intraocular calcifications:
(1) intraocular sarcoma
(2) retinoblastoma
Nonmalignant causes of intraocular calcifications:
(1) congenital finding
(2) facial nevus of Jadassohn
(3) Gitelman syndrome
(4) recurrent iritis and keratitis
(5) retinal detachment
(6) ocular trauma
(7) ophthalmologic surgery
(8) end-stage retinopathy of prematurity
(9) calcific emboli of retinal and/or ciliary arteries
(10) cataract
(11) choroidal osteoma
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