title: Single lens to lens duplication: the missing link.
abstract: Congenital anomalies of the lens include a wide range from lens coloboma to primary aphakia and doubling of lens. There have been few case reports of double lens; the etiology suggested is metaplastic changes in the surface ectoderm that leads to formation of two lens vesicles and hence resulting in double lens. We report a case with bilobed lens, which raises the possibility of explaining the etiology of double lens.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Clinic, M and J Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Ahmedabad, India.
authors.forename: Rupal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Jitendra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jethani
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saluja
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bharti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000002:abnormalities; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male