Dr.ANUJ SONI, Dr.Kapil Barange
A 67 year old female presented to use with Diabetic Macular Edema in Left eye, she had undergone catarct surgery 3 years back. She was given 3 monthy injections of Avastin and lost to follow up. Patient prersented 5 months later and this time she had total IOL opacity with a BCVA of hand movements and no view of fundus. Hence an IOL exhange was planned,. During surgery the Haptic was found adherent to capsule and IOL was removed with the bag. On examination the whole IOL was Milky white. It was an Hydrophilic Acrylic 360˚ square edge Aspheric foldable intraocular lens Freedom Ophthalmic. This is the first instance where IOL opacification has been noted after Avastin injection.
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