Clinical Case Notes. Snowflake degeneration of an intraocular lens.

摘要

Abstract Snowflake degeneration of intraocular lenses is a recently recognized late postoperative complication of cataract surgery. All known cases reported to date in the literature have involved polymethyl metha-crylate (PMMA) lens optic material. Reported herein is an atypical variant of snowflake degeneration of a PMMA posterior chamber intraocular lens in an 81-year-old woman, 7 years post implantation. The aetiology of the atypical late opacification of the intraocular lens is this case is unclear, and no clinical risk factors appear to have been identified.