Phakic implantation of a black intraocular lens in a blind eye with leukocoria.
A 54-year-old woman with leukocoria from a white cataract requested evaluation for the undesired cosmetic appearance of her blind right eye. The eye was hypotonous from chronic total retinal detachment, and the lens appeared loose and partially resorbed. A solid, black poly(methyl methacrylate) intraocular prosthesis was placed in the phakic posterior chamber and sutured into the ciliary sulcus, leaving the lens undisturbed. The patient achieved excellent cosmesis and a significant improvement in self-image.
Osher
Robert H
RH
Cincinnati Eye Institute, Ohio, USA. rhosher@cincinnatieye.com
Snyder
Michael E
ME
D001766:Blindness / Q000601:surgery*; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring