title: Soft lens matter recurrence after congenital cataract surgery.
abstract: We report a case of soft lens matter recurrence 17 years after the original congenital cataract was removed. To our knowledge, this is the longest interval for soft lens matter to recur.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Paediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus, Department of Ophthalmology, Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. wai@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Wai H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Habiba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saedon
authors.forename: Wagih
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aclimandos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000209:etiology; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy