[A case of spontaneous lens absorption following cataract complication after vitrectomy combined with silicone oil tamponade].

Abstract

A 38-year-old female patient was followed up intermittently for nearly 8 years due to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in the right eye. Seven years prior, the patient was diagnosed with silicone oil-dependent eye after vitrectomy and secondary cataract in the right eye; however, she declined further medical management at that time. At the latest re-evaluation (seven years after the aforementioned diagnosis), the lens that was previously affected by cataract was found to have disappeared spontaneously. The patient confirmed no surgical intervention had been received during this interval, and further examinations verified that the lens had undergone spontaneous absorption.