title: Leukocoria caused by occult penetrating trauma in a child.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occult penetrating trauma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pediatric leukocoria.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guemes
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Humayun
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002645:Chickens; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery