Late-onset Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome after possible aluminum and silicon contaminated intraocular lens implantation

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Dries Wijnants ◽  
Heleen Delbeke ◽  
Joachim Van Calster ◽  
Nancy Beerlandt ◽  
Ivo Nijs ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucien A. M. van Philips

Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) developed in four cases after uneventful implantation of a foldable iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (pIOL). Two cases occurred sequentially in one patient. The TASS subsided without complications in all cases after intensive topical steroid treatment. A multitude of possible causes is considered for the occurrence of these TASS cases. From the sterilization and cleaning of surgical instruments to the possibility of endotoxines in ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVD). These rare cases should alert the surgeon to the possibility of TASS after pIOL implantation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1440-1444 ◽  
Author(s):  
YB Liu ◽  
SJ Tan ◽  
ZY Sun ◽  
X Li ◽  
BY Huang ◽  
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The case of a 29-year-old man is reported who presented with a gradually progressive, painless decrease in vision over 10 years. Anterior segment examination with a slit lamp revealed anterior lenticonus in both eyes. The patient had previously been diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural deafness, however investigations revealed microscopic haematuria and renal insufficiency that subsequently led to a diagnosis of classical Alport syndrome. Since the patient's quality of vision was severely affected by the bulging anterior lens capsule, surgical treatment was required. Clear lens phacoemulsification with continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and foldable intraocular lens implantation were performed in each eye 2 days apart. One week after surgery, visual acuity was excellent in both eyes. Clear lens phacoemulsification with continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and foldable intraocular lens implantation was a safe and effective therapeutic choice in this patient for the management of anterior lenticonus due to Alport syndrome.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkan Ünsal ◽  
Kadir Eltutar ◽  
İlkay K. Muftuoglu

Purpose To evaluate morphologic changes in the anterior segment using ultrasound biomicroscopic imaging (UBM) after phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens implantation (IOL). Methods Thirty-six patients with a mean age of 68.68 ± 8.44 years (range 51-89) who had phacoemulsification and foldable IOL implantation were included in this prospective study. Several anterior segment parameters including aqueous depth (AQD), trabecular meshwork-iris angle (TIA), ciliary body thickness (CBT), sclera thickness (ST), trabecular meshwork-ciliary process distance (T-CPD), iris-ciliary processes distance (I-CPD), and iris thickness (IT) were measured using UBM preoperatively and at postoperative month 2. Results There was a significant increase in AQD (p<0.001) and TIA (p<0.001) at postoperative month 2. However, CBT, ST, T-CPD, I-CPD, and IT did not significantly change (p>0.05) during the study period. Conclusions Removal of the crystalline lens results in change in the anterior segment parameters. Our results confirmed that UBM is a helpful option for the analysis of anterior segment structures both qualitatively and quantitatively.


2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 774-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy van Eijden ◽  
Niels E. de Vries ◽  
Lars P.J. Cruysberg ◽  
Carroll A. Webers ◽  
Tos Berenschot ◽  
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