Lens Subluxation
"Lens Subluxation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Incomplete rupture of the zonule with the displaced lens remaining behind the pupil. In dislocation, or complete rupture, the lens is displaced forward into the anterior chamber or backward into the vitreous body. When congenital, this condition is known as ECTOPIA LENTIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D007906
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.510.598
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| Concept/Terms |
Lens Subluxation- Lens Subluxation
- Lens Subluxations
- Subluxation, Lens
- Subluxations, Lens
Lens Dislocation- Lens Dislocation
- Dislocation, Lens
- Dislocations, Lens
- Lens Dislocations
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lens Subluxation" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Norton JC, Goyal S. Patient characteristics and outcomes of retained lens fragments in the anterior chamber after uneventful phacoemulsification. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2018 Jul; 44(7):848-855.