Late brownish discoloration of an implanted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens.
A 79-year-old woman underwent phacoemulsification/ aspiration with a hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens in the left eye. The intra-operative course was uneventful. Brownish discoloration of the lens optics was noted 16 months postoperatively. To our knowledge, the late discoloration of a hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens has not previously been reported.
Kitagawa
Kiyotaka
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. kitagaky@med.u-toyama.ac.jp
Yanagisawa
Shuichiro
S
Yamada
Tetsuya
T
Watanabe
Kazuhiko
K
Yunoki
Tatsuya
T
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
D000180:Acrylic Resins