Ly T Nguyen
Eye Florida, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, USA
Title: Title: Cataract surgery & outcome on patients with Lattice Degeneration
Biography
Biography: Ly T Nguyen
Abstract
We report a patient with lattice corneal dystrophy Type I with preoperative BCVA CF @ 4 feet OS with dense posterior sub capsular cataract left eye. Patient had phacoemulsification cataract surgery with intraocular lens implant and at one-month post-operative exam had BCVA 20/30. To our knowledge, this is the first reported successful case of cataract surgery in patient with lattice corneal dystrophy without complications such as corneal melt as reported in a case report of a patient with Lattice Corneal Dystrophy type II.
Lattice corneal dystrophy is a non-inflammatory, autosomal non-dominant, bilateral condition that involves morphologic changes in the corneal stroma. Visual impairments associated with stromal corneal dystrophies vary widely and are determined by the amount of deposits accumulated in the cornea. Haziness is a result of the irregular corneal surface that induces blurry vision to the patient. Recurrent erosions, corneal melt, and prolonged healing area some of the potential risk in patient with lattice corneal dystrophy after cataract surgery.