Traumatic Lenticular Abscess: Clinical Description and Outcome - 21/08/11
, Anita Raghavan a, Manikandan Palanisamy b, Namperumalsamy Venkatesh Prajna d
Inquiries to Prajna Lalitha, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, 1, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625 020, IndiaRésumé |
Purpose |
To analyze cases with posttraumatic lenticular abscess and study the etiology, clinical presentation, management, and outcome.
Design |
Retrospective case series.
Methods |
Seventeen eyes of 17 patients with traumatic lenticular abscesses were managed with extracapsular cataract extraction after aspirating the abscess.
Results |
The mean age of the patients was 40.3 years, and males constituted 82%. The mean time to presentation after injury was 14.35 days (range, one to 60 days), and the patients had a mean follow-up of 125.94 days (range, 21 to 300 days). Culture of the lenticular abscess revealed bacterial growth in eight cases (47%) and fungi in four cases (23.5%). In five (29.4%) cases, culture was negative. Staphylococcus epidermidis grew in seven cases (41%). Thirteen eyes (77%) had best-corrected visual acuity better than 20/120.
Conclusions |
Surgical removal of the abscess, with systemic and local antimicrobial treatment is effective in cases of posttraumatic intralenticular abscess.
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