Proposed Classification of Posterior Staphylomas Based on Analyses of Eye Shape by Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Wide-Field Fundus Imaging

Three-dimensional MRI was useful in analyzing the shape of eyes with and without staphyloma. Even in elderly individuals with severe myopia, approximately one half of the patients did not show clear outpouching suggesting staphyloma. Correlating the MRI data to Optos images provided useful information on the relationship between the eye shape and the fundus appearances in the Optos images.