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Leukocoria caused by occult penetrating trauma in a child
A Guemes1, K W Wright, M Humayun
1Division of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA.
Purpose:
To report a child with leukocoria caused by occult penetrating trauma.
Methods:
Case report. The clinical findings and surgical repair of acquired leukocoria of the right eye in a 2-year-old boy are presented.
Results:
In the right eye, slit-lamp examination disclosed a retrolenticular cyclitic membrane and moderately severe (3+) cells and flare anterior chamber reaction. The eye was hypotonous, and B scan showed that the membrane was associated with a retinal detachment. Surgery was performed to repair the retinal detachment and to remove the retrolenticular membrane. Two months before initial examination, the patient had been attacked by a rooster.
Conclusion:
Occult penetrating trauma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pediatric leukocoria.