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THE NATURE OF CAPSULAR INCLUSIONS IN LENTICULAR CHALCOSIS
Author(s) -
SELAND JOHAN H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1976.tb00422.x
Subject(s) - lens capsule , brass , lens (geology) , copper , anatomy , materials science , ophthalmology , optics , medicine , metallurgy , physics
A case of lenticular chalcosis has been studied where the accidentally implanted brass fragment had been removed 2 years prior to extraction of the lens. Characteristic capsular inclusions were found which did not contain copper. The inclusions probably consisted of a lipoid material.