title: Secondary congenital aphakia.
abstract: Abstract
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We present the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic features in a patient with secondary congenital aphakia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 2-year-old patient, diagnosed with congenital rubella syndrome including sensorineural deafness, congenital heart disease, intellectual disability, microcephaly, microphthalmia, and congenital cataract, presented to our clinic for the surgical treatment of cataract.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the surgery, the absence of the lens' cortex was observed, hence, the final diagnose was of secondary congenital aphakia. Surgery was then continued with a posterior capsulorhexis and an anterior vitrectomy, deciding to postpone the implantation of the posterior chamber intraocular lens.
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ionescu
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dascalescu
authors.forename: Miruna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cristea
authors.forename: Speranta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmitzer
authors.forename: Miruna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cioboata
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iancu
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corbu
mesh_terms: D001035:Aphakia / Q000151:congenital; D019923:Capsulorhexis; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000151:congenital; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000821:virology; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000821:virology; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014821:Vitrectomy