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(Br_t Ophthalmol 1995; 79: 807-808)

SUMMARY Two patients who had previously undergone uneventful operations for strabismus showed healing of corneal dellen and erosion after withdrawal of colchicine therapy. It is suggested that the exhibition of colchicine therapy for familial Mediterranean fever in these two cases was responsible for initial persistence of these two postoperative complications.The occurrence of corneal dellen is not uncommon after rectus muscle surgery, especially with the limbal approach (Tessler and Urist, 1975 Patching and chloramphenicol ointment were tried for 2 days without effect. The boy continued as an outpatient, receiving only chloramphenicol ointment twice daily. At 4 weeks after operation no change was seen in the dellen. Treatment was

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