Abstract
We here report the case of a 26-year-old patient with no particular medical history, who was victim of neglected contusive right eye trauma after physical assault 9 months before his admission. The patient presented to the emergency department with progressive vision loss and leukocoria. Ophthalmological examination performed on his admission showed reduced visual acuity limited to hand move in the traumatized eye. Eye examination using the slit lamp objectified clear cornea, good anterior chamber depth with ruptured cataract in the anterior chamber. In addition, eye tone measured with Goldman tonometer was 15 mmHg. Fundus examination couldn´t be performed and ocular ultrasound didn´t show any vitreous abnormalities or retinal detachment. The examination of the contralateral eye was normal. The patient underwent phacoemulsification with insertion of a posterior chamber lens implant with good outcome.
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