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Proliferation of lens epithelial cells on the Acrysof intraocular lens: clinical and histological features of a case
Author(s) -
Turner Angus,
House Philip
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2001.d01-34.x
Subject(s) - intraocular lens , capsulorhexis , medicine , lens (geology) , intraocular lenses , ophthalmology , anterior surface , in vivo , surgery , visual acuity , phacoemulsification , optics , biology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology
Postoperative deposits on the surface of intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been demonstrated in vivo for many IOL material types. The Acrysof acrylic lens develops a granular material extending from the capsulorhexis margin onto the IOL's anterior surface during the first 4 weeks after surgery in a significant proportion of cases. Complete resolution of this membrane occurs by 3 months in almost all cases. The case is presented of an 81‐year‐old woman who had a persisting membrane covering the IOL surface at 6 months. This membrane was removed surgically and pathology showed the constituent cells to be of lens epithelial cell origin.