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Lens Subluxation

Medical Definition:	Incomplete rupture of the zonule with the displaced lens remaining behind the pupil. In dislocation, or complete rupture, the lens is displaced forward into the anterior chamber or backward into the vitreous body. When congenital, this condition is known as ECTOPIA LENTIS.
Guide Notes:	spontaneous or traumatic; luxation = total disloc, subluxation = partial disloc
Also Called:	Lens Dislocation,Lens Dislocation and Subluxation
Previously Indexed:	Eye Diseases (1966-1977),Eye Injuries (1966-1977),Lens, Crystalline (1966-1977)

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