COMPLICATIONS OF MISDIAGNOSED AND INADEQUATELY TREATED NECROTIZING SCLERITIS STUDIED BY ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY AND COMPUTERIZED CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY

We present a case of misdiagnosed and inadequately treated necrotizing scleritis leading to ocular complications. Scleral thinning and a mar ked secondary corneal astigmatism were observed and measured by ultras ound biomicroscopy and corneal topography. The purpose of this case re port is to demonstrate the clinical value of additional diagnostic too ls, such as ultrasound biomicroscopy and corneal topography and to ale rt ophthalmologists as to the complications of necrotizing scleritis.