Implantation of phakic intraocular lens in 3 patients with oculocutaneous albinism

Gwyneth A van Rijn; Colette Snoek; Maurits Joosse; Ruchi Saxena; Gregorius P M Luyten

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.08.008

Implantation of phakic intraocular lens in 3 patients with oculocutaneous albinism

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013 Oct;39(10):1604-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.08.008.

Authors

Gwyneth A van Rijn¹, Colette Snoek, Maurits Joosse, Ruchi Saxena, Gregorius P M Luyten

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Ophthalmology (van Rijn, Snoek, Saxena, Luyten), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Joosse), Haaglanden Medical Center, Den Haag, The Netherlands. Electronic address: g.a.van_rijn@lumc.nl.

PMID: 24075162
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.08.008

Abstract

We present 3 cases with oculocutaneous albinism in which a high refractive error was optically corrected by implantation of an Artisan iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens, with a follow-up of 8 to 14 years.

Financial disclosure: No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Albinism, Oculocutaneous / physiopathology
Albinism, Oculocutaneous / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hyperopia / physiopathology
Hyperopia / surgery*
Lens Implantation, Intraocular*
Male
Middle Aged
Phakic Intraocular Lenses*
Visual Acuity / physiology

Supplementary concepts

Oculocutaneous albinism type 1