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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 237 |
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Retrocapsular ring of pearls
Arnav Panigrahi, Nawazish Shaikh
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
| Date of Web Publication | 20-Jan-2023 |
Correspondence Address:
Nawazish Shaikh
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2007_22
How to cite this article:
Panigrahi A, Shaikh N. Retrocapsular ring of pearls. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2023;3:237 |
A 65-year-old male presented with complaints of glare in LE. He had undergone phacoemulsification with diabetic vitrectomy 10 years back in LE followed by Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy for posterior capsular opacification (PCO) three years later. Slit-lamp examination revealed the presence of Elschnig pearls at the capsulotomy margin (white arrows), extending onto the posterior surface of the posterior capsule [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]b, confirmed on anterior segment optical coherent tomography. Elschnig pearls have been known to form around capsular margin and may spontaneously regress.[1] Capsulotomy of a larger size might be considered in post-vitrectomized eyes due to risk of recurrence of PCO.[2],[3] | Figure 1: Clinical photograph of LE (a) showing a ring-like arrangement of Elschnig pearls. These are likely formed by the swelling of lens epithelial cells around the capsulotomy margin (white arrows), well-illustrated on retro illumination (b)
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