Onset of the exfoliation syndrome after intracapsular lens extraction

Am J Ophthalmol. 1980 Apr;89(4):601-2. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(80)90074-4.

Abstract

Two patients who had previously been operated on for cataract and had been carefully observed for evidence of the exfoliation (or pseudoexfoliation) syndrome had continuing formation of exfoliative material on the anterior surface of the hyaloid and the pupil border several years later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cataract Extraction*
  • Eye Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*