Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea

Megalocornea in isolation is a rare congenital enlargement of the cornea greater than 13 mm in diameter. Patients with megalocornea are prone to cataract formation, crystalline lens subluxation, zonular deficiencies and dislocation of the posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) within the capsula...

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Autores principales: Saffra, Norman, Rakhamimov, Aleksandr, Masini, Robert, Rosenthal, Kenneth J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Published online: June, 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26120314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000431251
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author Saffra, Norman
Rakhamimov, Aleksandr
Masini, Robert
Rosenthal, Kenneth J.
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description Megalocornea in isolation is a rare congenital enlargement of the cornea greater than 13 mm in diameter. Patients with megalocornea are prone to cataract formation, crystalline lens subluxation, zonular deficiencies and dislocation of the posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) within the capsular bag. A 55-year-old male with megalocornea in isolation developed subluxation of the capsular bag and PCIOL. The PCIOL and capsular bag were explanted, and the patient was subsequently implanted with an anterior chamber iris claw lens. An anterior chamber iris claw lens is an effective option for the correction of aphakia in patients with megalocornea.
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spelling pubmed-44783142015-06-26 Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea Saffra, Norman Rakhamimov, Aleksandr Masini, Robert Rosenthal, Kenneth J. Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: June, 2015 Megalocornea in isolation is a rare congenital enlargement of the cornea greater than 13 mm in diameter. Patients with megalocornea are prone to cataract formation, crystalline lens subluxation, zonular deficiencies and dislocation of the posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) within the capsular bag. A 55-year-old male with megalocornea in isolation developed subluxation of the capsular bag and PCIOL. The PCIOL and capsular bag were explanted, and the patient was subsequently implanted with an anterior chamber iris claw lens. An anterior chamber iris claw lens is an effective option for the correction of aphakia in patients with megalocornea. S. Karger AG 2015-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4478314/ /pubmed/26120314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000431251 Text en Copyright © 2015 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Distribution permitted for non-commercial purposes only.
spellingShingle Published online: June, 2015
Saffra, Norman
Rakhamimov, Aleksandr
Masini, Robert
Rosenthal, Kenneth J.
Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea
title Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea
title_full Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea
title_fullStr Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea
title_full_unstemmed Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea
title_short Anterior Chamber Iris Claw Lens for the Treatment of Aphakia in a Patient with Megalocornea
title_sort anterior chamber iris claw lens for the treatment of aphakia in a patient with megalocornea
topic Published online: June, 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26120314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000431251
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