Anterior lens capsule rupture caused by air bag trauma.
OBJECTIVE
To report a child with anterior lens capsule rupture caused by air bag inflation.


METHODS
A 10-year-old girl sustained a rupture of the right anterior lens capsule secondary to air bag deployment during a minor automobile accident. The evaluation included orbital ultrasound and orbital computed tomography.


RESULTS
The right eye underwent lens aspiration with intraocular lens placement. Postoperatively, the patient did well with 20/25 best-corrected visual acuity.


CONCLUSIONS
Our case, in which the patient's lens capsule was ruptured by air bag inflation, illustrates that air bag deployment, even in minor low-speed accidents, can cause severe blunt trauma to the eye.
Zabriskie
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John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA.
Hwang
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Ramsey
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Crandall
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012421:Rupture; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery