Migration of Lens Epithelial Cells Through Haptic Root of Single-piece Acrylic-foldable Intraocular Lens

Overview

Journal Am J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2004 Feb 14

PMID 14962444

Citations 12

Authors

Miho Sugita

Satoshi Kato

Gentaro Sugita

Tetsuro Oshika

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Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of posterior capsule opacification after cataract surgery due to lens epithelial cell migration through the haptic root of a single-piece acrylic-foldable intraocular lens.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: A 60-year-old man with senile cataract underwent phacoemulsification and implantation of single-piece acrylic intraocular lens having thick and wide haptic loops.

Results: There were no operative or short-term postoperative complications, and patient's visual acuity was 20/20 on the day following surgery. At 19 months postoperatively, we observed posterior capsule opacity extending from the base of the intraocular lens loops.

Conclusion: Broad and thick haptic root can be a path through which lens epithelial cells migrate toward the center of the posterior capsule, forming posterior capsule opacification.

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