Beaking eyes: a rare presentation

Renuka Barki; Anu Sheshadri Channagiri; Pradeep Nitture

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20242238

Authors

Renuka Barki Department of Opthalmology, SSIMS and RC, Karnataka, India
Anu Sheshadri Channagiri Department of Opthalmology, SSIMS and RC, Karnataka, India
Pradeep Nitture Department of Opthalmology, SSIMS and RC, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20242238

Keywords:

Globe abnormality, Beaking eyes, Fetal MRI, Posterior staphyloma

Abstract

As the ocular globes grow and develop, their shapes evolve from asymmetric, elongated, or conical to a nearly spherical, elliptical morphology. We see such morphological changes around the globe in adults with a few of the pathological conditions. Here is a 51-year-old male with an incidental finding of posterior beaking of the right eyeball on an MRI of the brain. Tilting of the disc was noted on the fundus examination, no clinical findings were relevant to any pathology. So, can this be a normal physiological variance?

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