title: Intraoperative complication during phacoemulsification in patient with epidermolysis bullosa.
abstract: We report the case of a 56-year-old woman with known recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and an unremarkable ocular history who experienced an extensive corneal epithelial blister during phacoemulsification cataract surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this complication.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: University of Athens, Ophthalmology Department, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece. mpapathanassiou@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Miltiadis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papathanassiou
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrou
authors.forename: Giorgos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papalexis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theodossiadis
mesh_terms: D001768:Blister / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*