title: OCT imaging of capsular block syndrome with crystalline cortical remnants in the capsular bag.
abstract: A 72-year-old woman with cataract had phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation in the capsular bag with continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis in the right eye. One day postoperatively, cortical remnants were noted between the posterior capsule and the intraocular lens optic located inferiorly. Uncorrected visual acuity was 1.0 and the patient was emmetropic. At a control visit 6 years postoperatively, the patient showed a hyperopic shift compared with the refraction of the first postoperative period with a best-corrected visual acuity of 0.4. A transparent liquefied substance that accumulated between the lens optic and the fibrotic capsule and surrounding the residual cortical masses was clearly visible using slit-lamp biomicroscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography. A surgical revision with aspiration of the cortical masses and the fluid was performed, resolving the capsular block syndrome. A neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy followed to clear the visual axis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Eye Clinic, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mastropasqua
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toto
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Nicola
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nubile
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carpineto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019923:Capsulorhexis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000209:etiology; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007904:Lens Cortex, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation; D013577:Syndrome; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity