Table 1
Clinical manifestations of the cases of infectious scleral ulceration
| No | Age (years) | Sex | Latent period | Admission times/period (days) | Pathogen | Debride/graft times | Remarks |
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| 1 | 70 | F | >10 years | 1/7 | NG | enucleation | post synechiae, cornea involved, SCA |
| 2 | 69 | M | 4 years | 1/50 | Pa | 4/conj+sclera | calcified plaque, endophthalmitis, post synechiae, glaucoma, SCA |
| 3 | 48 | M | >7 years | 2/17 | NG | 2/conj+sclera | SCA |
| 4 | 52 | F | >3 years | 1/29 | Pa and S epidermidis | 1/conj+sclera | staphyloma |
| 5 | 69 | F | >3 years | 2/48 | Pa | 1/sclera | radiation post synechiae, glaucoma, SCA, hyphaema |
| 6 | 85 | F | NA | 1/27 | Pa | 2/conj+sclera | post synechiae, cataract, SCA |
| 7 | 60 | F | 15 years | 1/24 | Pa | 3/conj+sclera | post synechiae, cataract, SCA |
| 8 | 59 | F | 2 years | 1/40 | 4/conj+sclera | vitrous hazy, calcified plaque, SCA | |
| 9 | 50 | F | 5 years | 1/3 | NG | 1/conj | calcified plaque |
| 10 | 69 | M | >6 years | 4/22 | NG | 3/conj+sclera | perforation, cataract, post synechiae |
| 11 | 12 | F | >10 years | 1/8 | NG | — | post synechiae, SCA, cataract, cornea involved, glaucoma |
| 12 | 73 | F | >6 years | 3/69 | Pa | 4/conj | post synechiae, SCA, calcified plaque |
| 13 | 84 | F | >10 years | 1/38 | Pa | 2/ — | post synechiae, SCA, perforation, cornea involved, hyphaema |
| 14 | 51 | M | 3 months | 2/13 | NG | 2/conj | |
| 15 | 54 | M | 3 months | 1/20 | Pa | 1/ — | glaucoma, SCA |
| 16 | 66 | M | >10 years | 1/68 | NG | 2/ — | perforation, staphyloma, post synechiae |
| 17 | 56 | F | >4 years | 1/38 | NG | 4/ — | post synechiae |
| 18 | 67 | F | >10 years | 1/27 | Pa | 2/ — | staphyloma |
| 19 | 66 | F | 2 months | 1/20 | Pa | 1/ — | perforation, cloudy vitreous, SCA |
| 20 | 61 | M | 2 weeks | 1/19 | NG | — | cornea involved |
| 21 | 52 | M | >20 days | 1/5 | NG | 1/conj | |
| 22 | 64 | M | 3 months | 2/98 | Pa and S marcescens | 5/ — | cornea involved, glaucoma |
| 23 | 67 | M | 2 years | 1/8 | NG | 1/ — | calcified plaque |
| 24 | 71 | M | 4 months | 1/23 | NG | 1/ — | cornea involved, SCA, glaucoma |
| 25 | 73 | M | 1 month | 1/11 | NG | 1/ — | cornea epithelial defect |
| 26 | 62 | F | 2 years | 1/60 | Pa | 3/ — | glaucoma, cloudy vitreous, SCA |
| 27 | 76 | F | >10 years | 2/79 | Pa | 4/ — | vitreous haemorrhage, SCA, glaucoma, calcified plaque, lens swelling, post synechiae |
| 28 | 55 | F | >20 years | 2/61 | Pa | 1/ — | radiation corneal epithelial defect, SCA, post synechiae, cataract |
| 29 | 60 | F | >10 years | 1/25 | Pa | 1/ — | |
| 30 | 61 | M | >10 years | 1/18 | Pa andCladosporium | — | cornea involved, descematocele glaucoma, staphyloma |
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Pa = Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SCA = subconjunctival abscess; NA = not available; NG = no growth.
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↵Two cases had received β irradiation as an adjuvant of pterygium surgery.
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(1) The order of the cases was arranged by the presentation time.
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(2) The age represented the age when the ulceration developed.
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(3) The duration between pterygium surgery and the onset of scleral ulceration was recorded as latent period.
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(4) The admission times recorded the recurrent or relapsed frequency of scleral ulceration.
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(5) The admission days meant the sum of the hospitalised days.
