POSTERIOR CAPSULE RUPTURE BY BLUNT OCULAR TRAUMA

A patient with posterior lens capsule rupture caused by blunt trauma a nd in whom the anterior capsule and the remainder of the eyeball struc ture was intact had phacoemulsification and aspiration of the crystall ine lens with implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. Fu rther rupture of the capsule was prevented by the fibrosis, which tigh tened the margin of the ruptured capsule. This case shows that blunt t rauma can rupture the posterior lens capsule, leaving the anterior cap sule intact.