Kumar Pradeep, Aggarwal Himanshi, Singh Raghuwar D, Alvi H A
Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University UP, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2015 Apr;25 Suppl 1:S61-3.
Atrophia bulbiis a small, shrunken, non-functional eye, most commonly due to trauma. It represents an ocular end-stage disease characterized by atrophy, shrinkage, and disorganization of the eyeball and intraocular contents, demonstrating the result of failed previous ocular therapy in which restoration of the morphologic and functional integrity of the eye is not possible. Majority of the patients with Atrophia bulbi eventually become blind and cosmetically unacceptable. The rehabilitation of such patients presents a challenging clinical situation, as the patient has already been clouded by the psychological distress. This paper demonstrates a case of 35-year male with Atrophia bulbi, who was successfully rehabilitated with precisely fabricated ocular prosthesis fitted over the atrophic eye.
