title: Cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation in anterior megalophthalmos.
abstract: Six eyes of 4 patients with anterior megalophthalmos, 2 men and 2 women ranging in age from 32 to 47 years, had extracapsular cataract extraction or phacoemulsification and standard posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. All had a family history of anterior megalophthalmos. Follow-up was from 6 to 30 months. All patients had a preoperative visual acuity of worse than 20/60, which improved to 20/20 in 5 eyes. Zonular dehiscence was observed during surgery in 3 cases, leading to vitreous loss in 1 case that developed a retinal detachment after 3 months.
authors.affiliation: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Labbafi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jafarinasab
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mirdehghan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014792:Visual Acuity