Elderly male with blurry vision
Journal Title: World Journal of Emergency Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
We present a case of an elderly gentleman who was punched in the face and subsequently diagnosed by an emergency physician with acute angle closure glaucoma secondary to a posterior lens dislocation. Slit lamp evaluation, ocular ultrasound, and computed tomography (CT) imaging, can identify a dislocated lens. A rare complication of a lens dislocation includes secondary acute angle closure glaucoma. Treatment of lens dislocation includes prosthetic lens placement or reattachment in cases of a partial lens dislocation.
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