Case of asteroid hyalosis that developed severely reduced vision after cataract surgery

Abstract Background To report our findings in a patient with asteroid hyalosis (AH) who had a severe reduction of his visual acuity following cataract surgery. The vision was improved by vitreous surgery. Case presentation The patient was an 81-year-old man. Following cataract surgery on his left ey...

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Main Authors: Ryosuke Ochi, Bumpei Sato, Seita Morishita, Yukihiro Imagawa, Masashi Mimura, Masanori Fukumoto, Takaki Sato, Takatoshi Kobayashi, Teruyo Kida, Tsunehiko Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-017-0467-6