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Alfons F. Tipshus, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1969;82(4):548-549.

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THE PATIENT is a 12-year-old white child who was admitted to the Kaiser Foundation Hospital as an emergency because of an injury to the right orbit by a thrown ball, incurred in a Little League game. This subsequently proved to be a fracture of the right orbital floor, as demonstrated by clinical findings and x-ray films. Surgical repair four days later was uneventful.

Previous examination in the optometry department of KFH on Aug 10, 1967, revealed visual acuity (VA) of 20/20 in each eye with 3 diopters of myopic astigmatic correction. No ocular abnormalities were noted.

Examination of the right eye on the day following the injury disclosed the following ocular findings:

1. Traumatic iridocyclitis.
   
2. Sharply delineated and demarcated rent in the posterior lens capsule with early formation of discrete lens opacities indicating the formation of a traumatic cataract.
   
3. Normal fundus.
   
4. VA reduced to 20/80 with -3.00 + 3.00 x 115.
   

Author Affiliations
Santa Clara, Calif

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Santa Clara, Calif.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 7, 1968.

Reprint requests to Permanente Medical Group, 900 Kiely Blvd, Santa Clara, Calif 95051 (Dr. Tipshus).

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