title: Imaging studies in a case of infectious scleritis after pterygium excision.
abstract: A 44-year-old woman presented with a painful red eye for 2 weeks. Ultrasound biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography were instrumental in the diagnosis and management of this case of infectious scleritis associated with previous pterygium excision complicated by choroidal and retinal detachments.
authors: Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors: Pho
authors: P
authors: Nguyen
authors: Samuel C
authors: SC
authors: Yiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic / Q000379:methods*; D011625:Pterygium / Q000601:surgery*; D015423:Scleritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*