NECROTIZING SCLEROKERATITIS FOLLOWING UNCOMPLICATED CATARACT-SURGERY

Purpose: To report a case of surgically induced necrotising sclerokera titis (SINS) with imminent uveal prolapse following uncomplicated cata ract surgery. Methods: Case report. Results: The causative agent,vas f ound to be a subtarsal abscess and the condition responded to drainage of the localised infection and a course of topical antibiotics. Concl usion: This report represents the first account of postoperative scler al necrosis arising from a subconjunctival abscess, and illustrates th e importance of identifying all aetiopathogenic factors in cases of po stsurgical necrotizing scleritis.