Necrotizing nocardial scleritis after combined penetrating keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation: a case report and review of the literature Esclerite necrosante por Nocardia após ceratoplastia penetrante e facoemulsificação com implante de lente intra-ocular: caso clínico e revisão de literatura

We report the history and clinical presentation of an 88-year-old female with Fuchs dystrophy who developed an acute anterior necrotizing scleritis in her left eye 23 months after an uncomplicated combined penetrating keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation which prog...

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Main Authors: Jerome Charles Ramos-Esteban, Juan Javier Servat, Renata Siqueira da Silva, Renato Ambrósio Jr., Shachar Tauber, Frank Bia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2007-03-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492007000200031