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Gonzalo Muñoz1, Robert Montés-Micó, José I Belda
1Refractive Surgery Department, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, and Division of Ophthalmology, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain. gon.munoz@terra.es
Purpose:
To report a case of traumatic cataract in a young patient with an iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (PIOL).
Design:
Interventional case report.
Method:
A 32-year-old woman with bilateral iris-fixated PIOLs for high myopia presented with a cortical cataract 2 weeks after minor ocular trauma. Ultrasound biomicroscopy and endothelial cell count were performed before and after cataract surgery.
Results:
The distance between the PIOL and the crystalline lens was 0.82 mm; the distance between the PIOL and the corneal endothelium was 2.30 mm. Endothelial cell count was 2,500 cells/mm(2) before surgery and 2,476 cells/mm(2) at 1 year follow-up.
Conclusions:
Patients with iris-fixated PIOLs are at risk of rapid cataract progression after minor ocular traumatism.
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