Necrotizing scleritis and transient myopia following strabismus surgery

Abstract

Necrotizing scleritis may occur following ocular surgery, most commonly after cataract extraction. This complication developed in a 60-year-old woman following strabismus surgery for a gaze palsy and sixth-nerve paresis following a stroke. Although an autoimmune process is present in many patients with necrotizing scleritis, none was detected in this patient. Inflammation was controlled with topical and systemic corticosteroids and ibuprofen. Good visual acuity was preserved, and improved ocular alignment was achieved. Transient myopia, not previously reported in necrotizing scleritis, was observed.