Comeoscleral perforation after pterygium excision and intraoperative mitomycin C.

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging

Guru Nanak Eye Center, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Published: April 2003

A 28-year-old man underwent pterygium excision with a single intraoperative application of mitomycin C (0.02%) for 3 minutes. One week after the surgery, the patient developed a corneoscleral perforation with iris prolapse. To the best of our knowledge, corneoscleral melting in the first postoperative week after a single intraoperative application of mitomycin C has not been reported. Moreover, the perforation occurred despite using a minimum concentration of the drug, risk factors were absent, and the surgery was performed by an experienced surgeon. Although a single case, this report questions the safety of using an intraoperative application of mitomycin C for preventing a recurrence of pterygium.

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