title: Fibroblast-like cells on intraocular lens implants: phagocytosing erythrocytes.
abstract: An intraocular lens implant had to be removed 4 years after its implantation from the eye of a patient on warfarin (Coumadin) medication because of repeated intraocular haemorrhages. Implant cytology staining revealed a continuous membrane on the removed implant that contained relatively few large foreign body giant cells and great numbers of small fibroblast-like cells. An impressive clean-up function of the fibroblast-like cells with phagocytosis of whole erythrocytes was observed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014859:Warfarin