Nuclear Cataract Secondary to Uncomplicated Pars Plana Vitrectomy (Colour Image)
Nuclear Cataract Secondary to Uncomplicated Pars Plana Vitrectomy (Colour Image)
47 years of age, Myopia magna at OD & OS, BCVA 0.8 at OD, 0.1 at OS
General medical history: Empty
Ocular medical history: rhegmatogenous ablatio retinae at OS in 2011. An uncomplicated pars plana vitrectomy was performed.
Main complaint: Continuous deterioration of vision at OS after surgery, no cystoid macular edema.
OBJECTIVE:
To report a postoperative lens complication in a patient, who underwent pars plana vitrectomy.
Findings:
Ophthalmoscopy of anterior segment showing nuclear cataract.
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Interdisciplinary Center of Ophthalmic Preventive Medicine and Imaging, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany
