[Peripapillary staphyloma: a case report]

Purpose: to report two cases of peripapillary staphyloma presented to the Rassoul Akram Hospital

Patients and findings: the first case was a 2.5-year-old boy with a large peripapillary staphyloma. Size of staphyloma was 4 disc diameter with a depth of 8 mm. The second case was a 4-year-old girl with a staphyloma measuring 2.5 disc diameter in width and 3 mm in depth in her right eye. There were also multiple cilioretinal vessels and a little glial tissue over the disc in the second case

Conclusion: peripapillary staphyloma is a rare congenital anomaly of the optic disc. Amblyopia-therapy and wearing protective glasses are recommended in unilateral cases