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Case Reports
. 2017 May 22:2017:bcr2017220755.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220755.

Traumatic phacocele: a rare but unique scenario

Manthan Hasmukhbhai Chaniyara  1 , Anubha Rathi  1 , Amar Pujari  1 , Jayanand Sudhakar Urkude  1
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Case Reports

Traumatic phacocele: a rare but unique scenario

Manthan Hasmukhbhai Chaniyara et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Anterior chamber; Medical education.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
(A) Superior and nasal conjunctiva showed a well-defined elevated subconjunctiva (black arrow) with yellow/orange mass underneath. (B) Slit-lamp examination shows corneal oedema, hyphaema along with anterior chamber fibrinous reaction. (C) Immersion B-scan ultrasonography of mass lesion showing hypoechoic lesion in the subconjunctival space with moderate internal reflectivity along with high surface reflectivity suggestive of herniated lens.
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