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Rubeosis capsulare
D E Eifrig1, V Hermsen, P McManus
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Two patients with diabetes had extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Both developed rubeosis iridis and neovascularization within the lens capsule supporting the IOL, a condition we have termed rubeosis capsular. Argon laser treatment was ineffective in both patients. One patient was successfully treated by virectomy with endophotocoagulation. The other patient had a vitrectomy which was followed by a fibrinoid reaction, continued inflammation, rubeosis, and phthisis bulbi.