Open AccessGolden half ring sign for identification of pseudophacocele
Author(s) -
Shivcharan Lal Chandravanshi,
Anamika Dwivedi,
Eva Rani Tirkey,
Pooja Choudhary
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.156931
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , surgery , dehiscence , ophthalmology , complication , blunt trauma , french horn , sign (mathematics) , intraocular lens , psychology , mathematical analysis , pedagogy , mathematics
Dislocation of intraocular lens (IOL) is a serious complication of blunt ocular trauma in pseudophakic eyes. Here, a 72-year-old male patient with subconjunctival dislocation of an IOL (pseudophacocele) secondary to bull horn injury was reported. In this case report, a new sign named as "golden half ring sign" was described for easy identification and localization of subconjunctival dislocation of IOL in patient with open globe injury (surgical wound dehiscence) associated dense subconjunctival hemorrhage.