spontaneous or traumatic; luxation = total disloc, subluxation = partial disloc
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Lens Dislocation
Lens Dislocation and Subluxation
Previous Indexing
Eye Diseases (1966-1977)
Eye Injuries (1966-1977)
Lens, Crystalline (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note
90; was LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION 1978-89
Online Note
use LENS SUBLUXATION to search LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION 1978-89
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.
