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Case Reports
. 2022 May 21;14(5):e25178.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.25178. eCollection 2022 May.

Complete Occlusion of Anterior Capsular Opening in Patient Operated for Cataract With Penetrating Keratoplasty

Rajesh S Joshi  1 , Preeti Wadekar  2
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Complete Occlusion of Anterior Capsular Opening in Patient Operated for Cataract With Penetrating Keratoplasty

Rajesh S Joshi et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

A 68-year-old female underwent a full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and developed a mature cataract for which she was operated on using the phacoemulsification technique with the implantation of polymethyl methacrylate lens. The patient developed diminished vision one month after the cataract surgery. The patient had a contraction of the anterior capsular opening. Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser (ND:YAG) anterior capsulotomy was performed to create an opening in the anterior capsule, following which the patient regained her vision. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of early anterior capsular contraction in a patient operated for PK.

Keywords: anterior capsular contraction; anterior capsular fibrosis; capsulotomy; cataract surgery; ccc; intraocular lens decentration; intraocular lens material; neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser; phacoemusification.

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Figure 1. Showing post ND:YAG laser anterior capsulotomy opening. A clear central area of the pupil is seen. The arrow shows graft host junction.
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