title: Traumatic rupture of healed cataract wounds.
abstract: Three patients suffered blunt trauma that caused rupture of the site of cataract incision three to 12 years after surgery. Epithelial cells were noted in the old cataract would of a 79-year-old white man. The second patient, a 25-year-old black women, had bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis and loss of vitreous humor at the time of lens extraction. The third patient, a 63-year-old white woman, had open-angle glaucoma treated previously with filtering procedures and cyclocryotherapy. The ultimate outcome was poor in each case.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D014602:Uvea / Q000601:surgery; D014945:Wound Healing