Scleral perforation. A complication of the soft contact lens.
A large area of conjunctiva and a smaller area of full thickness sclera eroded immediately adjacent to the edge of a soft contact lens. The soft lens was worn to protect the epithelium of a corneal graft in an alkali-burned eye. The conjunctiva-sclera necrosis appears to be a complication of a distorted and tightly fitting lens.
D000293:Adolescent; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D012590:Sclera / Q000293:injuries*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous