"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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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lens Subluxation" by people in Profiles.
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Sequelae of neglected hypermature senile cataract. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 10; 67(10):1707-1708.
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Isoexpansile sulfur hexafluoride gas to repair near-total iris disinsertion. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2018 Oct; 44(10):1175-1178.
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Sclerokeratouveitis and lens dislocation in a patient with genital ulcer: was the great imitator imitated? BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Oct 04; 2017.
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Retained lens fragments: nucleus fragments are associated with worse prognosis than cortex or epinucleus fragments. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov-Dec; 21(6):741-7.