Consecutive Descemet membrane detachment after successive phacoemulsification.
OBJECTIVE
To report a patient with consecutive Descemet's membrane (DM) detachments after successive phacoemulsification, review other reported patients with bilateral DM detachments, and explore the possibility of anatomic predisposition to DM detachment in some patients.


METHODS
Our patient's course was reviewed along with the reported experience with three other patients with bilateral DM detachments.


RESULTS
No clear underlying etiology of DM detachment was found in our patient or any of the other three reported patients reviewed.


CONCLUSIONS
Some patients may be anatomically predisposed to DM detachment possibly because of an abnormality in the fibrillary stromal attachment to DM. Early postoperative surgical intervention often leads to satisfactory visual results.
Kansal
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S
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sugar
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J
D000368:Aged; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014792:Visual Acuity