Abstract
PURPOSE: To report molluscum contagiosum as a cause of severe posttraumatic intraocular inflammation. METHODS: A 9-year-old girl developed severe intraocular inflammation in the right eye after a corneoscleral laceration. She underwent vitrectomy, and bacterial and fungal cultures of intraocular fluids were negative. A pedunculated white-tan mass removed from her right optic nerve head was sent for histologic evaluation. RESULT: Histologic examination of the tissue showed stratified keratinizing squamous epithelium with intracytoplasmic inclusions consistent with molluscum contagiosum. CONCLUSIONS: It is likely that infected epithelial cells were implanted at the time of injury. Vitrectomy as debridement was curative.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 560-561 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | American journal of ophthalmology |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |