Popped eye (blunt trauma leading to penetrating eye injury and lens displacement in the pseudophakic eye).
Blunt trauma to the eye of patients with an artificial intraocular lens may cause globe rupture with all the accompanying sequelae. It must be recognised promptly and dealt with appropriately before urgent referral to ophthalmology.
Gilligan
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Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire, UK. dhegarty@ireland.com
Gallagher
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Dudley
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Cryer
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000150:complications*; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*