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Abstract #24855 Published in IGR 11-4

Pseudophakic pseudoexfoliation of an AkreosFit intraocular lens

Roberts MA; Hawksworth NR
European Journal of Ophthalmology 2009; 19: 1083-1084


PURPOSE: To describe a case of intraocular lens opacification resembling pseudophakic pseudoexfoliation affecting an AkreosFit intraocular lens (IOL). Methods. Single case analysis. RESULTS: A patient had IOL opacification resembling pseudophakic pseudoexfoliation. CONCLUSIONS: An 83-year-old woman with normal tension glaucoma was noted to have pseudophakic pseudoexfoliation of an AkreosFit IOL 5 years after uncomplicated phacoemulsification with IOL.

Ophthalmology Department, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, Wales - UK.


Classification:

9.4.11.2 Glaucomas in aphakia and pseudophakia (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)



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