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Case Reports
. 2013 Sep 26;4(3):151-4.
doi: 10.1159/000355414. eCollection 2013.

Akreos Adapt AO Intraocular Lens Opacification: A Case Report

Matteo Forlini  1 , Giancarlo Dell'aversana Orabona, Adriana Ionela Bratu, Paolo Rossini, Gian Maria Cavallini, Cesare Forlini
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Akreos Adapt AO Intraocular Lens Opacification: A Case Report

Matteo Forlini et al. Case Rep Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

A 79-year-old hyperglycemic patient was referred to the 'Santa Maria delle Croci' Hospital, Ravenna, Italy. He presented with visual impairment in the right eye. Four years ago, he had had an uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye. We observed an opacification of the intraocular lens (IOL) causing significant visual disturbance. The IOL was exchanged. Unfortunately, pathologic analysis was not performed. Patient-related factors such as hyperglycemia and hypertension might have been responsible for the opacification. To our knowledge, there is only one previous report of opacification of the Akreos Adapt AO IOL.

Keywords: Intraocular lens explantation; Intraocular lens opacification; Secondary implant.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Surgical exchange of an opacified Akreos Adapt AO IOL. a–d Opacified IOL explantation together with the capsular bag. e, f Iris-claw lens implantation on the posterior surface of the iris.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
After the explantation, the Akreos Adapt AO IOL showed diffuse deposits that seem to be inside the optic.
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