Opacification of a silicone intraocular lens caused by calcium deposits on the optic

被引：42

作者：

Wackernagel, W

Ettinger, K

Weitgasser, U

Bakir, BG

Schmut, O

Goessler, W

Faschinger, C

机构：

[1] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Dept Ophthalmol, A-8036 Graz, Austria

[2] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Dept Mineral & Petrol, Graz, Austria

[3] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Dept Chem, Graz, Austria

来源：

JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY | 2004年 / 30卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00672-2

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

We describe opacification of a plate-haptic silicone intraocular lens (IOL) caused by calcification in a diabetic patient with asteroid hyalosis. The IOL was explanted 48 months after uneventful phacoemulsification because opacification of the posterior surface was causing significant visual disturbance. Light and scanning electron microscopy and x-ray spectrometry of the explanted IOL showed the opacification consisted mainly of calcium and phosphate, presumably hydroxyapatite, in the form of precipitations on the posterior surface of the optic.

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