Lens-induced glaucoma 65 years after congenital cataract surgery

We observed an unusual case of lens-induced glaucoma that occurred 65 years after congenital cataract extraction. We successfully treated the patient by removing the residual lens material with pars plana vitrectomy. The intraocular specimen exhibited lens material, epithelial cells, and macrophages...

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Published inAmerican journal of ophthalmology Vol. 118; no. 6; p. 807
Main Authors Barnhorst, D, Meyers, S M, Myers, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.12.1994
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Cataract - congenital
Cataract Extraction
Female
Glaucoma - etiology
Glaucoma - pathology
Humans
Lenses, Intraocular - adverse effects
Time Factors
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Summary:We observed an unusual case of lens-induced glaucoma that occurred 65 years after congenital cataract extraction. We successfully treated the patient by removing the residual lens material with pars plana vitrectomy. The intraocular specimen exhibited lens material, epithelial cells, and macrophages. It may have taken years for the residual lens material to denature and break into small pieces, which resulted in phacolytic and lens-particle glaucoma.
ISSN:0002-9394
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)72563-2