title: Late brownish discoloration of an implanted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. kitagaky@med.u-toyama.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Shuichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yunoki
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins