title: Association between poor wound healing and the formation of Salzmann nodules.
abstract: We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented with a gray-white nodular lesion located at the site of a clear corneal incision in her left eye. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography showed prominent endothelial gaping even 5 years after cataract surgery. Based on the features of clinical and histological examinations, Salzmann nodular degeneration was diagnosed. The formation of the Salzmann nodule was thought to be related to poor healing of the surgical wound. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Salzmann nodular degeneration associated with cataract surgery.
  
  
  
  None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Qiu, Zhang) and the Department of Pathology (Cai), Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, and the Key Laboratory of Myopia of State Health Ministry (Qiu, Zhang), Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Jini
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Qiu, Zhang) and the Department of Pathology (Cai), Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, and the Key Laboratory of Myopia of State Health Ministry (Qiu, Zhang), Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Rongrong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Qiu, Zhang) and the Department of Pathology (Cai), Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, and the Key Laboratory of Myopia of State Health Ministry (Qiu, Zhang), Shanghai, China. Electronic address: fdeent@126.com.
authors.forename: Chaoran
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014945:Wound Healing