Anterior dislocation of an empty capsular bag in a pseudophakic eye: A rare case report
Hyung Bin Hwang, Hye Bin Yim, Hyun Seung Kim1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
|May 15, 2015
Abstract:
Spontaneous intraocular lens (IOL) dislocation is uncommon in the absence of any ocular areas with zonular weakness or trauma. There have been no reports of spontaneous capsular bag dislocation into the anterior chamber without an IOL. We report a rare, interesting case of spontaneous capsular bag anterior dislocation, without an IOL, into the anterior chamber with no history of genetic disease, ocular trauma, or pseudoexfoliation that might predispose to a zonular abnormality.
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