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Retained Lens Fragment Presenting 32 Years After Cataract Extraction, Thomas Tien, Marcos A Crespo, Tatyana Milman, Zeba Syed Jun 2022

Retained Lens Fragment Presenting 32 Years After Cataract Extraction, Thomas Tien, Marcos A Crespo, Tatyana Milman, Zeba Syed

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

Purpose: To report a patient with retained lens material presenting over three decades after initial cataract extraction with fluctuating corneal edema and intraocular inflammation.

Observations: A 66-year-old man presented with a first episode of decreased vision and photophobia 32 years after cataract extraction without intraocular lens implantation in the right eye. Slit lamp examination revealed a tan-colored oblong mass in the inferior angle, in addition to corneal edema and an anterior chamber reaction. The patient was aphakic with traumatic mydriasis, and accordingly it was noted that the mass shifted location between anterior and posterior chambers over subsequent evaluations. The anterior …


Immortal Plain Gut Sutures: A Case Report, Hannah J. Anderson, Kathryn Lynn, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, Tatyana Milman, Manish Jain, Sunir J Garg Mar 2022

Immortal Plain Gut Sutures: A Case Report, Hannah J. Anderson, Kathryn Lynn, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, Tatyana Milman, Manish Jain, Sunir J Garg

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

Purpose: We report the case of a 79-year-old male who presented with irritation and foreign body sensation due to the subconjunctival plain gut sutures that did not dissolve three years after undergoing pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for macular hole repair.

Observation: A 79-year-old male presented with foreign body sensation and irritation in his left eye. On slit lamp examination, the source of the foreign body sensation was two apparently intact plain gut sutures were visible under the conjunctiva, nasal and temporal to the cornea. These plain gut sutures were placed at the conclusion of PPV surgery three years prior to …