Spontaneous dislocation of posterior polar cataract

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Aug;33(8):1471-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.05.007.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of unilateral spontaneous lens dislocation in a 52-year-old woman with a posterior polar cataract. We postulate that the increasing lens size secondary to nuclear sclerosis may have exerted pressure on a thinned posterior capsule, causing the capsule to rupture spontaneously. The unusual weak posterior capsule in posterior polar cataract is a well-recognized risk factor in phacoemulsification surgery. We believe this is the first report case of spontaneous lens dislocation secondary to posterior capsule rupture in posterior polar cataract.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aphakia, Postcataract / etiology
  • Cataract / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lens Capsule, Crystalline / pathology
  • Lens Subluxation / diagnostic imaging
  • Lens Subluxation / etiology*
  • Lens Subluxation / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vitrectomy
  • Vitreous Body / diagnostic imaging
  • Vitreous Body / pathology*