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An ophthalmologist performed emergency debridement and suturing surgery on the ruptured right eyeball, discovering that the sclera was thinned to only 1\/5 to 1\/3 of its normal thickness. After the operation, the ophthalmologist examined the patient\u2019s right eye and noted similar bluish scleral changes along with elevated intraocular pressure. In this case, we report a relatively rare instance of scleromalacia combined with ocular hypertension, which was definitively diagnosed following emergency ophthalmic surgery. The patient exhibited extremely thin and bluish sclera in both eyes. 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