ABSTRACT This report described a case of a 56-year-old female patient with a history of pterygium excision and use of mitomycin C eye drops during the postoperative period who developed necrotizing infectious scleritis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The patient was admitted for treatment with intravenous antibiotic therapy, topical fortified antibiotics, systemic corticotherapy, and debridement of the necrotic ocular tissue. After 3 weeks, she presented with good clinical evolution and resolution of the infection. Mitomycin eye drops should be used cautiously, […]
