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23.09.2017 | Original Paper
Electron microscopic evaluation of anterior lens epithelium in patients with idiopathic congenital cataract
Erschienen in: International Ophthalmology | Ausgabe 5/2018
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Purpose
To investigate the ultrastructure of the lens epithelial cells (LECs) in patients with idiopathic congenital cataract.
Methods
This is a prospective interventional study. The anterior lens capsules (aLC: basement membrane and associated LECs) were taken from 16 eyes of 12 consecutive patients who were diagnosed as having idiopathic congenital cataracts. The aLCs were obtained from cataract surgery and prepared for transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Results
Some significant ultrastructural changes were observed in all aLCs of the participants. The anterior LECs showed alterations in different areas which were partly cuboidal and partly squamous in shape. The LECs had euchromatic nucleus and included some vacuoles in the cytoplasms as a remarkable alteration. The sizes of these intraepithelial cell vacuoles were changeable.
Conclusions
We identified remarkable changes in LECs of the eyes with idiopathic congenital cataract by TEM. It can be assumed that oxidative damage may be associated with these ultrastructural changes in LECs of the eyes with idiopathic congenital cataracts.