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Traumatic Subconjunctival Dislocation of Fractured Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens by Cow Horn Injury

Rajendra P Maurya, Prashant Bhushan, Virendra P Singh, Mahendra K Singh, Prakash Kumar and Ishan yadav

Traumatic sub-conjunctival dislocation of posterior chamber intraocular lens is a rare and emergency condition. This communication is to report a rare ocular trauma by cow horn. A 52 year old male farmer presented with history of cow horn injury to his right eye. He had pain redness and decreased vision in his right eye. His posterior chamber IOL which was implanted two years back,was found dislocated to superiotemporal sub-conjunctival space with one broken haptic in anterior chamber and was removed surgically. Such a dislocation has not yet been reported in Indan literature and rarely reported in international literature to the best of our knowledge.