Persistence of intralenticular squamous epithelium after trauma.
An intralenticular foreign body with associated squamous epithelium was found incidentally at cataract extraction in a 61-year-old man 23 years after a penetrating injury. The squamous epithelium produced no adverse effects. To our knowledge this is the first report of persistence of surface squamous epithelium within the lens.
Feldman
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Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Heathcote
J G
JG
D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged