Facial Trauma: Delayed Development of a Subluxated Traumatic Cataract as Visualized on a Panoramic Image
Lindsay L Graves1, JoAnn A Giaconi2, Sanjay M Mallya3
1Senior Research Fellow, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Dental Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA.
Abstract:
The immediate and long-term consequences of blunt orbital trauma leading to a subluxated lens and its subsequent calcification and opacification are reviewed. The accompanying panoramic image documents the process.
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