Spontaneous regression of Elschnig pearl posterior capsule opacification
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jose M. Marin; Magdalena Salinas; Antonio Caballero
- Source
- Journal of cataract and refractive surgery. 26(5)
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
medicine.medical_treatment
Remission, Spontaneous
Lens Capsule, Crystalline
Visual Acuity
Intraocular lens
Cataract Extraction
Cataract
Cataract extraction
Lens Implantation, Intraocular
medicine
Humans
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Posterior capsule opacification
Reduced visual acuity
Aged
Lens capsule
business.industry
Capsule
Epithelial Cells
eye diseases
Sensory Systems
Surgery
Ophthalmology
Capsulotomy
Female
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0886-3350
After extracapsular cataract extraction with in-the-bag intraocular lens implantation, a 72-year-old woman had reduced visual acuity from posterior capsule opacification (PCO) resulting from Elschnig pearl proliferation. No capsulotomy was performed, and the PCO decreased spontaneously over time, improving visual acuity and leaving a clear capsule.