Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration

• Main Authors: Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/1/12._logeswary_et_al.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/; http://jsurgacad.com/toc/7/1
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

A 47-year-old healthy Indonesian gentleman, presented with blurring of vision on the left eye associated with pain and redness after history of foreign body entering the eye. A general practitioner prescribed him some eye drops; however, his symptoms worsened. A corneal laceration wound measuring 0.5 x 3.5mm with a large stromal abscess measuring 9.0 x 5.0mm with flat anterior chamber was seen on the left eye. Emergency corneal T&S revealed a large descemetocele and cyanoacrylate corneal glue was applied on the area. C&S showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Patient was subsequently undergone penetrating keratoplasty as a definitive measure. This case highlights the rapid progression of pseudomonas keratitis, presented with a large descemetocele, which can be mistaken as an infected corneal laceration wound. Corneal cyanoacrylate glueing together with corneal suturing is a viable temporary method for large descemetoceles awaiting definitive surgery.