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Intraocular molluscum contagiosum after a corneoscleral laceration
E H Ryan1, J D Cameron, E Carpel
1Hennepin County Medical Center, Edina, MN, USA. Jedryan@aol.com
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.