Recurrent microhyphema despite intracapsular fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens

• Published in: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 1632 - 1635
• Main Authors: Foroozan, Rod, Tabas, Janine G, Moster, Mark L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Anterior Eye Segment - diagnostic imaging; Biological and medical sciences; Ciliary Body - diagnostic imaging; Diseases of cornea, anterior segment and sclera; Female; Humans; Hyphema - etiology; Iris - diagnostic imaging; Lens Capsule, Crystalline - diagnostic imaging; Lens Capsule, Crystalline - surgery; Lens Implantation, Intraocular - adverse effects; Lenses, Intraocular; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Pseudophakia - complications; Recurrence; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Ultrasonography; Vision Disorders - etiology; Visual Acuity; Case study; Human; Relapse; Fixation; Intraocular; Surgery; Hyphema; Intracapsular; Complication; Recurrent; Intraocular lens

A 61-year-old woman experienced multiple episodes of transient visual blurring in her pseudophakic eye, each of which lasted about 1 hour. Repeat examination during a symptomatic episode revealed anterior chamber red blood cells consistent with a microhyphema in the pseudophakic eye despite intracap...