title: Reactive membranes on posterior chamber lens implants.
abstract: The cytopathology of two types of membranes on surgically removed posterior chamber lens implants is described on the background of the clinical histories. Both implants exhibit film-like proteinaceous capsules with numerous cells of macrophage origin in one case and virtually without cells in the other.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation