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Volume 351:1913-1914 October 28, 2004 Number 18
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Dislocation of the Lenses

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by Mathur, S. K.
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To the Editor: Mathur and Grodinsky, in Images in Clinical Medicine (June 10 issue),1 present a case in which bilateral dislocation of the intraocular lenses was examined by computed tomography (CT). We appreciate the images of this traumatic finding. However, as a technique for the identification of a lens luxation, CT is of minor importance. First, a slit-lamp examination is mandatory to examine the anterior segment of the eye. This simple ophthalmic technique is inexpensive and gives precise information regarding partial luxation (subluxation) as opposed to complete luxation (dislocation) of the lens (Figure 1), which was misdiagnosed in . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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