"The disappearing lens": Failure of CT to image the lens in traumatic intumescent cataract

Authors
Almog, Y Reider-Groswasser, I Goldstein, M Lazar, M Segev, Y Geyer, O
Citation
Y. Almog et al., "The disappearing lens": Failure of CT to image the lens in traumatic intumescent cataract, J COMPUT AS, 23(3), 1999, pp. 354-356
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
ISSN journal
03638715 → ACNP
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
354 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-8715(199905/06)23:3<354:"DLFOC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The CT scans of three patients whose eyes were lacerated by trauma failed t o demonstrate the lens. A slit-lamp examination of those eyes clearly indic ated that the lenses were present behind the iris but that they were swolle n and opaque (intumescent cataract). Apparently, a shift of water into the injured lens had reduced the expected hyperdense CT image of the lens to a level that it was no longer discernible.