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[Transmission electron microscopy of the surface of an intraocular lens removed from the eye]. 1999

S Synek, and L Pác

Ocní klinika Fakultní nemocnice U svaté Anny, Brno.

The authors examined by transmission electron microscopy the surface of an intraocular posterior chamber lens explanted from the eye of a female patient on account of secondary glaucoma. They found a fibrous reaction in particular at the site of contact of the supporting haptic with the sulcus of the ciliary body which was the cause of failure of conservative treatment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007910	Lenses, Intraocular	Artificial implanted lenses.	Implantable Contact Lens,Lens, Intraocular,Contact Lens, Implantable,Intraocular Lens,Intraocular Lenses,Lens, Implantable Contact
D008854	Microscopy, Electron	Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.	Electron Microscopy
D005260	Female		Females
D005549	Foreign-Body Reaction	Chronic inflammation and granuloma formation around irritating foreign bodies.	Foreign Body Reaction,Reaction, Foreign-Body
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man