[Severe bilateral ocular affection caused by vitamin A deficiency].

CASE REPORT: We report a patient with alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis, with associated caloric-protein malnutrition and lipid soluble vitamin deficiencies, along with peripheral ulcerative keratitis in the right eye and necrotizing stromal ulceration with hyphema in the left eye.

DISCUSSION: Although uncommon in developed countries, Vitamin A deficiency must be considered when there is a bilateral corneal affection in alcoholic patients or in patients with gastrointestinal, pancreatic or biliary pathology.