PMC3357152_01
The left eye at initial presentation showing a nasal crescent-shaped area of corneal ulceration (2.5 x 2.0 mm), extending to Descemet's membrane. There is considerable adjacent severe conjunctival and scleral injection.
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F1
On slit-lamp examination, the left eye showed a nasal crescent-shaped area of corneal ulceration measuring 2.5 x 2.0 mm reaching Descemet's membrane with adjacent severe conjunctival and scleral injection (fig. 1).
At 5 months after the lamellar keratoplasty and amniotic membrane patch graft, an area of intense vascularization and thickening of the conjunctiva was noted at the edge of the graft.
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F2
The conjunctiva bordering the nasal cornea was slightly inflamed with an area of intensive vascularization and thickening (fig. 2).