Do not try this at home: trash can intracapsular cataract extraction

The authors present a 39‐year‐old woman who sustained blunt trauma from a metal garbage can to her left eye and presented with her intact crystalline lens luxated subconjunctivally after expulsion through a scleral wound. External photographs show the lens found under intact conjunctiva and a comput...

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Published in:Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2007-07, Vol.35 (5), p.489-490
Main Authors: Lam, Andrew, Garg, Sunir J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidental Falls
Adult
Cataract Extraction
Conjunctiva - diagnostic imaging
Conjunctiva - injuries
Conjunctiva - pathology
Eye Injuries - complications
Female
Humans
lens expulsion
Lens Subluxation - diagnostic imaging
Lens Subluxation - etiology
Lens Subluxation - surgery
Rupture
ruptured globe
Sclera - injuries
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
trauma
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications
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Summary:The authors present a 39‐year‐old woman who sustained blunt trauma from a metal garbage can to her left eye and presented with her intact crystalline lens luxated subconjunctivally after expulsion through a scleral wound. External photographs show the lens found under intact conjunctiva and a computed tomography scan demonstrates the extrascleral lens. The patient had a ruptured globe repair and intraoperative photographs showed removal of the lens.
ISSN:1442-6404
1442-9071
DOI:10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01519.x