The Ophthalmology Unit,  Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kuching, Sarawak.
	The Ophthalmology Department, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia.

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Stitch corneal ulcer

Photo by Professor Chua Chung Nen

A 68 year-old man presented with a left painful red eye. He underwent an uncomplicated left extracapsular cataract operation and implant two years ago. The left vision was reduced to 6/60. Slit-lamp examination showed two broken stitches with surrounding corneal ulcers superiorly and a hypopyon. The stitches were removed and he was started on intensive topical gentamicin and ceftazidine. Corneal scrapping grew Streptococcus pnumoniae sensitive to ceftazidine.

Superior corneal ulcer with hypopyon.

Close-up view shows two broken stitches within the corneal abscess.

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