27 Gauge Modified Yamane 3 Port Sutureless IOL Scleral Fixation
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Nimesh A. Patel, MD; Justin H. Townsend, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Patel, Townsend
3-Piece Intraocular Lens in the Anterior Chamber
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Allister G. Gibbons, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Gibbons
An otherwise asymptomatic 82-year-old patient with uncorrected visual acuity of 20/25 at distance presents for a routine eye exam in clinic.
Anterior Chamber Intra-Ocular Lens
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD; Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Flynn, Patel
A well-positioned ACIOL with superior nasal iridotomy.
Anterior Dislocation of Crystalline Lens with Corneal Edema
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Ashley M. Crane, MD; Nimesh A. Patel, MD; Nathan L. Scott, MD, MPP
Presenter/Faculty: Crane, Patel, Scott
Traumatic anterior dislocation of crystalline lens with Descemet’s folds in the cornea. The patient was treated with lensectomy and vitrectomy. Due to the high myopia, there was no need for secondary intraocular lens or contact lens. The final vision uncorrected visual acuity was 20/30 aphakic.
Argentinian Flag
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Allister G. Gibbons, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Gibbons
Argentinian Flag
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Allister G. Gibbons, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Gibbons
Black Cataract
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Ronaldo Nuesi, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Zubair Ansari, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Ansari, Nuesi
Black Cataract A patient with no past ocular history presented with painless vision loss to HM in the left eye over last 6 weeks. The patient had poor, chronically declining visual acuity in that eye for years but did not have access to care. Slit lamp exam was notable for a dense, black cataract i…
Candida Albicans Keratitis
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Jerry Hsu, MD, MS
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Hsu
Candida Albicans Keratitis A young patient with a past ocular history of Stevens Johnson Syndrome and prior Candida and Providencia keratitis presented with multifocal white corneal infiltrates several months following a penetrating keratoplasty of the same eye. The patient’s exam was notable for…
Christmas Tree Cataract in Myotonic Dystrophy
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Nimesh A. Patel, MD; Swarup S. Swaminathan, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Patel, Swaminathan
The multicolored appearance is due to needle shaped polychromatic peptide crystals in the cortex or nucleus of the lens. These are not generally visually significant.
CZ70BD Dislocated Lens Rescue with Scleral Fixation
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Patrick Staropoli, MD; Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Staropoli, Yannuzzi
Dense Cataract with miLOOP
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Neel D. Pasricha, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Pasricha
Dislocated White Cataract Mimicking Tumor
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Patel
B-scan ultrasound shows a well circumscribed mass inferiorly with focal hyper-densities. This can mimic a tumor, but the patient has a history of trauma and the object in question is a dislocated crystalline lens.
Elevated Intraocular Pressure After Phakic Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Placement
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Humberto Salazar, III, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD; Sonia H. Yoo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Salazar, Vazquez, Yoo
Elevated Intraocular Pressure After Phakic Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Placement A patient with a history of high myopia and contact lens intolerance underwent uncomplicated placement of phakic posterior chamber intraocular lenses in both eyes. She was started on a postoperative tapering cou…
Epithelial Downgrowth
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Vetted By: Carol L. Karp, MD
Vetted Date: June 21, 2025
Presenter(s): Ghada J. AlBayyat, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: AlBayyat, Dubovy, Karp
Epithelial Downgrowth This case presents a 56-year-old female who presented with dramatic decrease of vision over a one-year duration. Patient has previously undergone both eyes corneal transplant, glaucoma drainage device. Patient developed right eye iris cyst, that started growing occupying the a…
Epithelial Downgrowth
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Benjamin Meyer, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Karp, Meyer
Epithelial Downgrowth A patient with a history of keratoconus treated with penetrating keratoplasty, bilateral glaucoma, and cataracts underwent cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation with iris cyst resection. Postoperatively, she developed persistent epithelial downgrowth leading to…
Fusariam Vetinarium Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy with Intraocular Lens Removal
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Michelle M. Falcone, MD; Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Falcone, Patel
Intraocular Lens Exchange
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Allister G. Gibbons, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Gibbons
IOL Exchange + SFT Pupilloplasty
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Neel D. Pasricha, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Pasricha
Iris Cyst
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Carol L. Karp, MD; Erin Ong, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Karp, Ong
Iris cyst
Lens
Specialty: Cataracts and Intraocular Lenses
Type: Medical Student Education
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Chris R. Alabiad, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Alabiad
In this module, we will look at:
Anatomy of the Lens
Cataracts