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Abstract

Eyeball rupture due to ocular trauma is a major public health problem with a high global incidence. In contrast, non-trauma case of spontaneous eyeball rupture is extremely rare and is never been reported in Indonesia. In this report, we present a patient with spontaneous right eyeball rupture due to acute glaucoma secondary to hyper mature cataract. Although eyeball rupture in both trauma and non-trauma cases have the same poor outcome, non-trauma case of spontaneous eyeball rupture is preventable. Therefore, proper management and evaluation of the patients with cataract and glaucoma are necessary to avoid this rare and devastating outcome.

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Eye Rupture Glaucoma Cataract Indonesia

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Darmawan, H. (2019). An unusual cause of eyeball rupture: a case report. JKKI : Jurnal Kedokteran Dan Kesehatan Indonesia, 10(2), 203–205. https://doi.org/10.20885/10.20885/JKKI.Vol10.Iss2.art13

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