PHACOCELE FOLLOWING FIST PUNCH: A RARE CASE REPORT

Abstract

Samarth Mishra1, Sharmistha Behera2, Bhavna Govindaraj3, Bidisha Mahapatra4

A subconjunctival or a sub-Tenon’s dislocation of natural crystalline lens is termed as phacocele, mostly due to blunt force impact on previously thinned and weakened sclera as in high myopes, previous ocular surgery, rigid sclera or hard crystalline lens. Here, we report a 40-year-old woman with phacocele due to fist punch on her eyeball with no associated surgical or myopic history. Phacocele in itself is rare and in our knowledge this is the first reported case of phacocele following fist punch.

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