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.

Annotation

spontaneous or traumatic; luxation = total disloc, subluxation = partial disloc

DUI

D007906 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0012349

Previous indexing

Lens, Crystalline (1966-1977); Eye Diseases (1966-1977); Eye Injuries (1966-1977)

History note

90; was LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION 1978-89

Online note

use LENS SUBLUXATION to search LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION 1978-89

Public note

90; was LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION 1978-89