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Pathology Case Presentation Corneal Melt Jeremy B. Wingard, MD Case History 55 year old female with longstanding history of panuveitis OS. Past medical history includes Lupus and Sjogren’s syndrome. She is maintained on systemic methotrexate and prednisone, as well as ocular prednisolone and intermittent periorbital steroids during flares. Acute Presentation Patient developed increasing pain and decreased vision in the two days following a subtenon’s Kenalog injection. Exam in ER: Corneal ulcer OS (three distinct infiltrates) with inferior corneal thinning. Treated as inpatient for infectious keratitis (cultures positive for group A Streptococcus). Eventually cornea perforated and was glued twice. After second gluing Edge of contact lens Glue filling perforated cornea Infiltrate Hypopyon Further course Immune melt of the cornea continued, with persistent hypopyon, infiltrates, and thinning. Course reversed after patient received several doses of Remicade (Infliximab, monoclonal antibody against human TNFα). At this point a scar developed, and the eye was quiet. Corneal transplant was undertaken. Post-transplant Host tissue Clear corneal graft Mixed acute and chronic inflammation Lymphocytes Neutrophil Corneal ulcer/thinning Full thickness cornea Thinning Disorganized epithelium Stromal scarring Endothelium lost in processing Stromal pigment Discussion Autoimmune inflammatory disease presents a great difficulty clinically when the course involves infection. Although it is imperative to control inflammation, all anti-inflammatory therapies are inherently pro-infectious and so must be delayed. In this case, the patient had a proven bacterial infection, but her response to infection, with corneal melt, was far beyond the normal response. Clinical practice is to treat infection aggressively initially, then start anti-inflammatory therapy. Corneal Stromal Pigment Differential Iris pigment – post-perforation with iris prolapse, likely in this case. Corneal tattoo –