Endoillumination-assisted epithelial downgrowth management with 5-fluorouracil under air tamponade Seng-Ei Ti, FRCS(Ed), MMed (S'pore), Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(G) JCRS Online Case Reports Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 41-43 (July 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jcro.2017.04.006 Copyright © 2017 ASCRS and ESCRS Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Slitlamp photograph shows the right eye with an epithelial downgrowth 6 months after extracapsular cataract surgery. A translucent membrane arising from the superior iris extends across the anterior surface of the IOL. JCRS Online Case Reports 2017 5, 41-43DOI: (10.1016/j.jcro.2017.04.006) Copyright © 2017 ASCRS and ESCRS Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 A: Slitlamp photograph shows the temporal iris covered with a translucent membranous sheet with ectropion uveae. B: Intraoperative view with an external xenon focal light pipe illuminating the demarcation between the abnormal iris covered with a translucent membrane and the normal iris. C: Intraoperative view of the membrane being peeled from the superior iris using micrograspers and the xenon light pipe inside the anterior chamber. JCRS Online Case Reports 2017 5, 41-43DOI: (10.1016/j.jcro.2017.04.006) Copyright © 2017 ASCRS and ESCRS Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Slitlamp photograph taken 6 months after epithelial downgrowth surgeries shows a clear cornea with no recurrence of epithelial membrane. JCRS Online Case Reports 2017 5, 41-43DOI: (10.1016/j.jcro.2017.04.006) Copyright © 2017 ASCRS and ESCRS Terms and Conditions