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Traumatic lens abscess with chornic endophthalmitis successfully treated with pars plana lensectomy and vitrectomy
1Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers
|May 24, 2001
Abstract:
Intralenticular abscess is a rare entity and has been infrequently reported after surgery, metastatic infection, or trauma. We report a case of post traumatic lens abscess with low-grade endophthalmitis following a penetrating eye injury with a splinter of wood. The patient was successfully treated with a pars plana lensectomy and vitrectomy. Despite thorough microbiological investigations, no causative organism could be isolated.