{"title":"Posterior chamber lens implantation. A clinicopathological report of a successful case.","authors":"A Tarkkanen, L Merenmies, S Pajari","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report describes the clinical and histopathological studies of an eye 13 months after successful extracapsular cataract surgery and J-loop-type posterior chamber lens implantation. The lens was of PMMA while the loops were made of polypropylene. The corrected visual acuity of the patient was 1.0 and clinically the eye showed no evidence of anterior uveitis. The lower loop was in the capsular bag while the upper loop was embedded in the ciliary body surrounded by chronic foreign body giant-cell inflammatory reaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":76972,"journal":{"name":"Acta ophthalmologica. Supplement","volume":"170 ","pages":"61-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14127117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prostaglandin E2 in tears.","authors":"B S Gluud, O L Jensen, E Krogh","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) concentration in tears was measured before and following cataract extraction, during acute anterior uveitis and in patients with chronic conjunctival complaints. Following cataract extraction a significant increased PGE2 level in tears was observed, returning towards normal level within two weeks. In patients with acute anterior uveitis low levels of PGE2 was found in tears. Half of the patients with chronic conjunctival complaints exhibited high levels of PGE2. Conjunctiva is proposed as a likely source of PGE2 in tears.</p>","PeriodicalId":76972,"journal":{"name":"Acta ophthalmologica. Supplement","volume":"173 ","pages":"28-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14135974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}