title: Posttraumatic neovascularization in a cataractous crystalline lens.
abstract: A 73-year-old woman presented with a dense traumatic cataract and intralens angiogenesis. Slitlamp examination showed abundant blood vessels in the lens stroma. Microscopic examination confirmed the presence of blood cells in the lumen. The angiogenesis represented an ingrowth into the lens from posterior synechias. Pathologic angiogenesis is frequently seen in the retina, vitreous, iris, and cornea but is rarely seen in the crystalline lens. This is the first well-documented case of angiogenesis in the lens stroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei Shan, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yih-Shiou
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Chi-Chun
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Jiahn-Shing
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ko-Jen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tun-Lu
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012590:Sclera / Q000293:injuries*