Sir,

Scleral thinning and necrosis is a serious complication of pterygium surgery. It is commonly seen after chemotherapy or irradiation to prevent recurrence.1 Scleral patch graft2 or lamellar patch graft with preserved corneosclera3 is usually performed in cases of severe thinning to restore the normal ocular surface integrity. We report two cases of partial thickness scleral thinning (scleral dellen) with thinning of adjacent cornea in one case (corneoscleral dellen), both of which were treated with multilayered amniotic membrane transplantation, suggesting that this surgical procedure can be an alternative treatment in this clinical situation.

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