PURPOSE: To report an unusual case of a spontaneously dislocated crystalline lens into the anterior chamber that was successfully treated. METHODS: A generally healthy 49-year-old woman with no history of trauma presented with a spontaneously dislocated crystalline lens into the anterior chamber accompanied by corneal endothelial cell loss. The crystalline lens was extracted intracapsularly after gentle separation from the corneal endothelium by using a viscoelastic material. RESULTS: Visual acuity remained at 20/16 from 1 day postoperatively, with little endothelial cell loss compared with preoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: A spontaneously dislocated crystalline lens into the anterior chamber with severe corneal endothelial cell loss was treated successfully by intracapsular extraction.
PURPOSE: To report an unusual case of a spontaneously dislocated crystalline lens into the anterior chamber that was successfully treated. METHODS: A generally healthy 49-year-old woman with no history of trauma presented with a spontaneously dislocated crystalline lens into the anterior chamber accompanied by corneal endothelial cell loss. The crystalline lens was extracted intracapsularly after gentle separation from the corneal endothelium by using a viscoelastic material. RESULTS: Visual acuity remained at 20/16 from 1 day postoperatively, with little endothelial cell loss compared with preoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: A spontaneously dislocated crystalline lens into the anterior chamber with severe corneal endothelial cell loss was treated successfully by intracapsular extraction.
Authors: Bo Hee Kim; Deoksun Cha; Sunmin Yim; Ji-Won Kwon; Won Ryang Wee; Young Keun Han Journal: Int J Ophthalmol Date: 2017-01-18 Impact factor: 1.779