Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Year
: 2017  |  Volume : 65  |  Issue : 12  |  Page : 1492--1494

Severe pigment dispersion after iris-claw phakic intraocular lens implantation


Virgilio Galvis, Néstor I Carreño, Alejandro Tello, Andrea N Laiton 
 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

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Alejandro Tello
Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Calle 158 20 – 95, Consultorio 301, Torre C, Cañaveral - Floridablanca, Santander
Colombia

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.


How to cite this article:
Galvis V, Carreño NI, Tello A, Laiton AN. Severe pigment dispersion after iris-claw phakic intraocular lens implantation.Indian J Ophthalmol 2017;65:1492-1494


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Galvis V, Carreño NI, Tello A, Laiton AN. Severe pigment dispersion after iris-claw phakic intraocular lens implantation. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2017 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];65:1492-1494
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