[Intraocular ossification].

Following a general introduction to the problem of heterotopic bone formation the pathogenetic stages of intraocular ossification are described. Intraocular ossification was found in 30 (7%) of 423 eyes enucleated between 1974 and 1984. In 60% of the eyes the ossification was associated with trauma, in 25% with chronic uveitis. Bone formation started between four and 44 years after the onset of ocular disease and in most cases originated in the retinal pigment epithelium.