PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical features and visual outcomes in patients with traumatic subconjunctival crystalline lens dislocation. SETTING: Izmir Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Izmir, Turkey. METHODS: The clinical records of 5 patients with subconjunctival crystalline lens dislocation secondary to blunt trauma were reviewed. RESULTS: The median age of 3 women and 2 men was 63 years (range 62 to 73 years). The lenses were dislocated to the superior (n = 1), temporal (n = 1), superotemporal (n = 1), and superonasal (n = 2) quadrants. All patients had various degrees of hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage. One patient had traumatic optic neuropathy. Visual acuity improved in all patients after lens removal and scleral rupture repair. CONCLUSION: With timely intervention, the visual outcome was reasonably good in patients with subconjunctival dislocation of the crystalline lens.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical features and visual outcomes in patients with traumatic subconjunctival crystalline lens dislocation. SETTING: Izmir Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Izmir, Turkey. METHODS: The clinical records of 5 patients with subconjunctival crystalline lens dislocation secondary to blunt trauma were reviewed. RESULTS: The median age of 3 women and 2 men was 63 years (range 62 to 73 years). The lenses were dislocated to the superior (n = 1), temporal (n = 1), superotemporal (n = 1), and superonasal (n = 2) quadrants. All patients had various degrees of hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage. One patient had traumatic optic neuropathy. Visual acuity improved in all patients after lens removal and scleral rupture repair. CONCLUSION: With timely intervention, the visual outcome was reasonably good in patients with subconjunctival dislocation of the crystalline lens.