RESUMO
A 24-year-old man presented with pain, sticky discharge and loss of vision in the right eye. He has had typical skin manifestations of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) since 6 years and ophthalmological symptom for 6 weeks. On ophthalmological examination, visual acuity was light perception in the right eye and 6/12 in the left. There were bilateral, symmetrical temporal scleromalacia along with temporal corneal melting in both eyes and perforation in the right eye. Ultrasonography B-scan (USG B-scan) revealed a retinal detachment in the right eye. Artificial tear instillation was started every hour along with topical antibiotic coverage in both eyes. Additionally, ultraviolet protective sunglasses and hat for photo-protection was advised. The vision in the right eye improved to 5/60 along with subsidence of retinal detachment on repeat USG B-scan after 3 weeks.