Production of human lens capsule illustrated by a case of chronic lenticular chalcosis

The osmiophilic capsular inclusion bodies in a case of accidental lenticular chalcosis have been used as an in vivo indicator of capsular production. Copper stimulation and hence inclusion impregnation lasted 5 years and was stopped 2 years before removal of the lens by extraction of a foreign body....

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Published inActa ophthalmologica Vol. 54; no. 3; p. 301
Main Author Seland, J H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Denmark 01.07.1976
Subjects
Adult
Copper - metabolism
Eye Diseases - etiology
Eye Diseases - metabolism
Eye Foreign Bodies - complications
Humans
Inclusion Bodies - ultrastructure
Lens, Crystalline - metabolism
Lens, Crystalline - ultrastructure
Male
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Summary:The osmiophilic capsular inclusion bodies in a case of accidental lenticular chalcosis have been used as an in vivo indicator of capsular production. Copper stimulation and hence inclusion impregnation lasted 5 years and was stopped 2 years before removal of the lens by extraction of a foreign body. The amount of capsule produced in the two year period varied at different locations but it greatly exceeded the previously measured quantities. A capsular turnover is postulated with a capsular production by the epithelial cells and a surface resorption process. The production rate is considered to be relatively high in childhood and gradually subsides with increasing age.
ISSN:0001-639X