TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous fracture of an implanted posterior chamber polyimide intraocular lens haptic
T2 - A case report
AU - Kang, Haemin
AU - Han, Kyung Eun
AU - Kim, Tae Im
AU - Kim, Eung Kweon
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - A 57-year-old male patient visited our clinic for decreased visual acuity in the right eye for 10 days. He denied any trauma history, but recalled that the symptom developed after straining. He had undergone uncomplicated phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the bag of the right eye 11 years ago. The IOL was a three-piece silicone polyimide-haptics design. On slit-lamp examination, the IOL optic and proximal part of nasal fractured haptic were found in the anterior chamber. The distal part of fractured haptic was observed in the capsular bag. He underwent IOL exchange. The fracture site of the haptic was near the optic-haptic junction. This is the unique case report of a spontaneous fracture of an implanted posterior chamber polyimide IOL haptic, which implies the possibility of IOL haptic fracture in various haptic materials.
AB - A 57-year-old male patient visited our clinic for decreased visual acuity in the right eye for 10 days. He denied any trauma history, but recalled that the symptom developed after straining. He had undergone uncomplicated phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the bag of the right eye 11 years ago. The IOL was a three-piece silicone polyimide-haptics design. On slit-lamp examination, the IOL optic and proximal part of nasal fractured haptic were found in the anterior chamber. The distal part of fractured haptic was observed in the capsular bag. He underwent IOL exchange. The fracture site of the haptic was near the optic-haptic junction. This is the unique case report of a spontaneous fracture of an implanted posterior chamber polyimide IOL haptic, which implies the possibility of IOL haptic fracture in various haptic materials.
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U2 - 10.4103/0301-4738.111195
DO - 10.4103/0301-4738.111195
M3 - Article
C2 - 23619497
AN - SCOPUS:84898946360
VL - 62
SP - 348
EP - 350
JO - Journal of the All-India Ophthalmological Society
JF - Journal of the All-India Ophthalmological Society
SN - 0301-4738
IS - 3
ER -