Clinical manifestations of the cases of infectious scleral ulceration
| No | Age (years) | Sex | Latent period | Admission times/period (days) | Pathogen | Debride/graft times | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Pa = Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SCA = subconjunctival abscess; NA = not available; NG = no growth.
↵Two cases had received β irradiation as an adjuvant of pterygium surgery.
(1) The order of the cases was arranged by the presentation time.
(2) The age represented the age when the ulceration developed.
(3) The duration between pterygium surgery and the onset of scleral ulceration was recorded as latent period.
(4) The admission times recorded the recurrent or relapsed frequency of scleral ulceration.
(5) The admission days meant the sum of the hospitalised days.