Evidence of zonular rupture: free cortical material in the patellar fossa.
Free floating cortical material beneath the posterior capsule is a sign which should alert the surgeon to the presence of zonular rupture.
D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D007904:Lens Cortex, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D012421:Rupture; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation