title: Spontaneous visual improvement in the presence of posterior capsule opacification.
abstract: We report a case of a patient who had reduced visual acuity due to posterior capsular opacification after extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber lens implantation. Capsulotomy was not performed. Over the subsequent two years visual acuity returned spontaneously to normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Sydney Eye Hospital, New South Wales.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moshegov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McClellan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pettinger
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014792:Visual Acuity