Originally Posted by
Dave Nelson
8000000000 times better? thats some improvement. Your story reminds me of an elderly aphakic patient I dealt with years ago. She came in complaining of episodes of near complete vision loss in her right eye, and blamed the contact lens I had fitted. She had seen the ophthalmologist, and he found no problems, indicating va of 20/30+.
A slit lamp check revealed nothing unusual, until suddenly a large clump of loose tissue "rolled" from within the posterior chamber, and lodged right behind the pupil, effectively blocking all incoming light. She blinked hard, and the tissue mass rolled back and away from the pupil. I was almost speechless for a moment, and called the ophthalmologist in a panic. I told him I was afraid the mass would pass through the pupil and lodge in the anterior chamber and cause an angle closure. He was quite amused by my call, and reassured me, and asked me to reassure the patient that there was no cause for concern.
The tissue was a remnant from her cataract surgery, and to this day, I still don't know why there was no apparent risk of the remnant lodging in the meshwork.
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