Detachment of intact posterior lens capsule: secondary to contusion in penetrating ocular trauma.
Severe contusion of the lens in a penetrating scleral injury of the eye of a young patient resulted in separation and bleb-like detachment of the posterior lens capsule with subcapsular accumulation of a fibrin-containing exudate. This separation of the posterior lens capsule resulting from increase of permeability with subcapsular fluid accumulation is believed to represent a possible basic mechanism of posterior lens involvement without capsule rupture secondary to ocular trauma.
Wolter
J R
JR
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48105.
D000293:Adolescent; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D005337:Fibrin; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*
D005337:Fibrin