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The fungus Scedosporium prolificans was first described as a human pathogen in 1984, and has been associated with metastatic endophthalmitis and one previously reported case of sclerokeratitis. We report a case of S. prolificans sclerokeratitis in the setting of late scleral necrosis complicating pterygium surgery with adjuncive beta-irradiation. A poor clinical response to topical natamycin and...
The objective of this article is to report six cases of sterile inflammatory reactions to fine monofilament suture materials, which is exceedingly rare in ophthalmology. The authors report six patients (four underwent penetrating keratoplasty and two underwent cataract surgery) with unusually severe local inflammatory reactions to suture material. The conclusions were that sterile inflammatory reactions...