TY - JOUR
T1 - Argon Laser—Induced Cataract
T2 - A Clinicopathologic Study
AU - Shapiro, Amiram
AU - Tso, Mark O.M.
AU - Goldberg, Morton F.
PY - 1984/4
Y1 - 1984/4
N2 - A patient with diabetic retinopathy and senile anterior cortical and nuclear cataract was treated with argon laser photocoagulation of the fundus. During the treatment, white ovoid opacities appeared in the lens cortex, extending into the nucleus. They remained nonprogressive for five weeks, when cataract extraction was performed. The lens was studied by light and electron microscopy. The lenticular opacities contained rows of damaged, spindle-shaped lens fibers, with laminated cellular debris and clear spaces. We compared the unique features of the laser-induced lenticular lesions with the senile cataractous changes in the same crystalline lens.
AB - A patient with diabetic retinopathy and senile anterior cortical and nuclear cataract was treated with argon laser photocoagulation of the fundus. During the treatment, white ovoid opacities appeared in the lens cortex, extending into the nucleus. They remained nonprogressive for five weeks, when cataract extraction was performed. The lens was studied by light and electron microscopy. The lenticular opacities contained rows of damaged, spindle-shaped lens fibers, with laminated cellular debris and clear spaces. We compared the unique features of the laser-induced lenticular lesions with the senile cataractous changes in the same crystalline lens.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1984.01040030457026
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1984.01040030457026
M3 - Article
C2 - 6704016
AN - SCOPUS:0021176412
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 102
SP - 579
EP - 583
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -