Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation
Spherophakia is usually associated with systemic disorders but may also present as an isolated entity. Spherophakia patients often present in adolescence or before 50 years of age. Here, we describe a case of isolated spherophakia in a 61-year-old woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract mana...
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| author | Ajita Sasidharan Mithun Thulasidas |
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| description | Spherophakia is usually associated with systemic disorders but may also present as an isolated entity. Spherophakia patients often present in adolescence or before 50 years of age. Here, we describe a case of isolated spherophakia in a 61-year-old woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c25b17fd3ce4f0fad8283e40742cd0a2022-12-22T00:25:31ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology2666-49092022-01-0141252510.4103/pajo.pajo_6_22Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantationAjita SasidharanMithun ThulasidasSpherophakia is usually associated with systemic disorders but may also present as an isolated entity. Spherophakia patients often present in adolescence or before 50 years of age. Here, we describe a case of isolated spherophakia in a 61-year-old woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation.http://www.thepajo.org/article.asp?issn=2666-4909;year=2022;volume=4;issue=1;spage=25;epage=25;aulast=Sasidharanangle-closureiris-clawmicrospherophakiaretropupillary iris-clawspherophakia |
| spellingShingle | Ajita Sasidharan Mithun Thulasidas Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation The Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology angle-closure iris-claw microspherophakia retropupillary iris-claw spherophakia |
| title | Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation |
| title_full | Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation |
| title_fullStr | Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation |
| title_short | Late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris-claw lens implantation |
| title_sort | late presentation of isolated spherophakia in an elderly woman with bilateral angle closure and cataract managed by lens extraction and retropupillary iris claw lens implantation |
| topic | angle-closure iris-claw microspherophakia retropupillary iris-claw spherophakia |
| url | http://www.thepajo.org/article.asp?issn=2666-4909;year=2022;volume=4;issue=1;spage=25;epage=25;aulast=Sasidharan |
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