Ectopia lentis
Dislocation or malposition of the crystalline lens of the eye. A partial displacement (or dislocation) of the lens is described as a subluxation of the lens, while a complete displacement is termed luxation of the lens. A complete displacement occurs if the lens is completely outside the patellar fossa of the lens, either in the anterior chamber, in the vitreous, or directly on the retina. If the lens is partially displaced but still contained within the lens space, then it is termed subluxation. [ ]
Term info
Ectopia lentis
- Abnormality of lens position
- Lens dislocation
hposlim_core
HP:0007637, HP:0007882, HP:0008016, HP:0000665
human_phenotype
HP:0001083
Term relations
- has_part some (
mislocalised and
inheres in some lens of camera-type eye and
has modifier some abnormal)