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Year : 2017 | Volume
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Severe pigment dispersion after iris-claw phakic intraocular lens implantation
Virgilio Galvis1, Néstor I Carreño1, Alejandro Tello1, Andrea N Laiton2
1 Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Floridablanca; Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga; Department of Ophthalmology, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga; Department of Ophthalmology, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Alejandro Tello Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Calle 158 20 – 95, Consultorio 301, Torre C, Cañaveral - Floridablanca, Santander Colombia
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_743_17
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A 23-year-old female patient presented 3 months after the implantation of an Artisan® phakic intraocular lens with a severe depigmentation of the iris and peripheral anterior synechiae. Explantation of the intraocular lens and goniosynechialysis were performed. Eleven months after the explantation appearance of the iris significantly improved. There was no loss of lines of corrected distance visual acuity. Severe pigment dispersion after the implantation of an Artisan® phakic intraocular lens may happen and may require explantation of the lens. Iris depigmentation may improve with time. |
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