OBJECTIVE To document the clinical features, systemic associations, and visual outcome in a large number of patients with posterior scleritis. DESIGN Retrospective, noncomparative case series. PARTICIPANTS There were 137 patient records showing patients with a diagnosis of posterior scleritis who were attending or had attended the scleritis clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital between 1974 and...

The article by Sharifipour et al, covers an extremely important area of unmet medical need in ophthalmology. 1 Severe ischemia of the sclera, leading to necrotizing disease and possible scleral melt, is one of the veritable emergencies among anterior segment disorders. Causes of necrotizing scleral disease are myriad and include autoimmune disease, especially vasculitides (e.g. Wegener's granul...

INTRODUCTION Scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis are ocular manifestations found in many inflammations and infections. Therefore, their association should prompt a search for inflammatory or infectious causes that may be life-threatening, especially in the context of AIDS due to HIV infection. FINDINGS We report the case of a 37-year-old female, first seen in 2011 with a nodular scl...

PURPOSE The aim of this case report was to describe a patient who presented with Pseudomonas scleritis after pterygium excision. The study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. METHODS The record of a patient who was diagnosed as Pseudomonas scleritis after pterygium excision was retrospectively reviewed for histo...

PURPOSE To report a case of delayed-onset bilateral scleral thinning and calcium deposition following a cosmetic ocular-whitening procedure (I-BRITE(®)). METHODS A 33-year-old male patient with a history of right-sided ptosis repair and left-sided anterior uveitis had previously undergone bilateral I-BRITE treatment for chronic conjunctival hyperemia. Four years after the procedure, the patie...

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is an inflammatory condition leading to ocular morbidity. It can be associated with underlying autoimmune diseases which often goes undetected if the manifestation precedes systemic manifestation. The objective of this case report highlight that, management such entity challenging. We present a 36-year- old female diminution vision, PUK necrotizing scleriti...