What Is Phthisical Eye?

Phthisis bulbi denotes end-stage eye disease characterized by shrinkage and disorganization of the eye with the resultant functional loss. The major factors associated with the pathogenesis of phthisis are hypotony, deranged blood-ocular barriers, and inflammation.

What is End-Stage eye?

Phthisis bulbi is an ocular condition characterized by severe eye damage. Also called end-stage eye, this condition is related to a variety of causes that lead to scarring, inflammation, and globe disorganization. The eyeball may look collapsed in form.

What causes eye shrinkage?

These conditions include stroke, brain tumor, a brain aneurysm (a grapelike swelling on a blood vessel inside the brain), and nerve damage related to long-term diabetes. Another cause of ptosis is Horner's syndrome, which also can cause an abnormally small pupil and loss of the ability to sweat — on half the face.