title: Traumatic lens abscess: report of a case.
abstract: A young boy had the slow evolution of a lens abscess after sustaining an intraocular injury while hammering metal on metal. Although an intraocular foreign body was suspected, it could never be localized. The capacity of the lens to isolate an infection (with or without a foreign body) was demonstrated. Many difficulties were encountered in the management of this case.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*