Chae-Min Hong, Min-Ho Shin, Seong-Jae Kim, Seong-Wook Seo, Inyoung Chung, Woong-Sun Yoo
BACKGROUND: Posterior scleritis is a rare, inflammatory ophthalmic disease, leading to severe visual impairment if untreated. Posterior scleritis occurring after surgery, unrelated to systemic inflammatory diseases, is even rarer. This report discusses a case of bilateral posterior scleritis, after cataract surgery in both the eyes, treated with high-dose steroids. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old man, who had undergone bilateral sequential cataract surgery one week before, presented with sudden loss of vision and ocular pain in both eyes...
July 26, 2022: BMC Ophthalmology