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Emmetropization after lensectomy and anterior vitrectomy for persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous cataract
1King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Purpose:
To report the case of a 2-year-old boy whose aphakic eye became emmetropic 15 months after lensectomy with anterior vitrectomy for a classic persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous cataract.
Methods:
Retrospective case report.
Results:
Emmetropization of the aphakic eye was caused by corneal steepening and axial elongation. At 2 years old, the child would fixate and follow with either eye.
Conclusions:
In this patient, the fortunate combination of axial elongation and corneal steepening resulted in the aphakic eye's developing a plano refraction and thus becoming more amenable to amblyopia treatment.
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