Fig. 23 Corneal staphyloma. A. Enucleated globe demonstrates marked ectasia of entire cornea. Cornea protruded between the eyelids at time of birth. B. Histopathology shows focal thinning of the cornea and vascularization with adherent shrunken lens. Clilary processes adhere to posterior lens. Atrophic iris (arrows) lines cornea and lens stalk (Hematoxylin-eosin, ×4). (Waring GO, Rodrigues MM, Laibson PR: Anterior chamber cleavage syndrome. Surv Ophthalmol 20:3–27, 1975)