Explantation of an AcrySof Natural intraocular lens because of a color vision disturbance.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a patient who complained of color vision disturbance after implantation of a clear intraocular lens (IOL) in one eye and a yellow IOL in the other.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
A 50-year-old woman complained of binocular imbalance and "yellow vision" in her left eye after implantation of a visible blue light-filtering yellow IOL. A clear IOL had been implanted in her right eye 1 month before. She requested explantation of the yellow IOL.


RESULTS
The yellow IOL was exchanged for a clear one, which resolved the unbalanced color vision.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients may be intolerant of the color disturbance that results when dissimilarly colored IOLs are implanted. It is advisable to avoid this practice.
Shah
Samir A
SA
Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-7002, USA.
Miller
Kevin M
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D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000209:etiology*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000150:complications*; D012086:Reoperation; D015348:Vision, Binocular
D000180:Acrylic Resins