title: Cocooning of an iris-fixated intraocular lens in a 3-year-old child after perforating injury: clinicopathologic correlation.
abstract: We present a 3-year-old patient who developed extensive noninflammatory fibrous membrane formation in the anterior chamber involving the present iris-fixated intraocular lens (IOL), with subsequent need for explantation. The child had had repair of a corneal injury, crystalline lens extraction and Artisan iris-claw IOL (Ophthec) implantation after a penetrating injury 2 months before. Histopathologic analyses were consistent with a retrocorneal membrane that originated from the corneal stroma and formed a "cocoon" membrane on the iris-claw IOL.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Irmingard M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Neuhann
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kleinmann
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Apple
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Neuhann
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D020878:Device Removal; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000293:injuries; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications