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By Gustavo Uriel Fonseca Aguirre
Hospital de la Luz - Uploaded on Apr 17, 2025.
- Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Apr 18, 2025.
- Rating
- Appears in
- Necrotizing Scleritis
- Condition/keywords
- necrotizing scleritis
- Photographer
- Gustavo U. Fonseca Aguirre, Hospital Conde de Valenciana, Ciudad de México
- Imaging device
- 35mm external camera
- Description
- The clinical photograph shows necrotizing scleritis with perilimbal involvement, featuring marked scleral thinning and violaceous episcleral injection in the inferior quadrant. Focal uveal prolapse is visible at the area of maximal scleral necrosis, accompanied by peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Fluorescein staining residue is observed on the ocular surface. Associated findings include mild conjunctival chemosis and dilated episcleral vessels.