title: Hexagonal structures at lens capsule zonular attachments.
abstract: Two years after uneventful phacoemulsification with posterior intraocular lens implant in an 84-year-old female patient, the capsular bag and enclosed intraocular lens luxated into the vitreous cavity. A vitrectomy was done to extract the lens and capsule for electron-microscopic examination. We found very few zonular attachments to the capsule, but did note hexagonal structures of unknown significance that our study indicates may be related to the lens epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aonuma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007906:Lens Subluxation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology