Choroidal effusions and hypotony caused by severe anterior lens capsule contraction after cataract surgery.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To report the clinical features and management of two patients with pseudophakic anterior capsule contraction with secondary tractional ciliary body detachments and hypotonous choroidal effusions. Case reports. In two eyes of two patients with pseudophakia, severe anterior lens capsule contraction and tractional ciliary body detachments, anterior capsulotomy (one Nd:YAG laser, one surgical), was followed by resolution of the ocular hypotony and resolution/nonrecurrence of the choroidal effusions. In both cases, continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis was used during cataract surgery. Anterior capsule contraction following pseudophakia may result in tractional ciliary detachment and secondary ocular hypotony. Radial anterior capsulotomy appeared to be effective in both cases.
Medical subject headings
- Choroid Diseases
- Contracture
- Lens Capsule, Crystalline
- Ocular Hypotension
- Phacoemulsification