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Jose Andonegui, MD; Javier Ferro, MD
Vitoria, Spain

Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:1102.

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AN 82-YEAR-OLD woman sought care for visual loss in the left eye of 1 month's duration after blunt ocular trauma. A round subconjunctival mass was detected superiorly in the center of a linear scleral rupture (Figure 1). The iris was incarcerated superiorly, and prolapsed uveal tissue was present in the wound. The lens was absent from the retropupillary space.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Round subconjunctival mass in the center of a linear scleral rupture.

During surgery a few days later, we created a conjunctival incision over the mass and extracted a hard, cataractous lens. We observed a scleral rupture with prolapsed uveal tissue. The wound, covered by scar tissue, was healed, and we decided not to suture it. We closed the conjunctival incision with a reabsorbable suture.

One month later the scleral wound remained stable (Figure 2).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 2. One month after . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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