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Posterior Capsule Opacification

MedGen UID:
731857
Concept ID:
C1444680
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Remnant lens epithelial cell proliferation and migration to the posterior capsule. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tao T, Yang S, He D, Li Z, Chen B, Zhu L, Su W
Clin Immunol 2023 Jun;251:109633. Epub 2023 May 5 doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2023.109633. PMID: 37150241
Xia Y
J Perioper Pract 2022 Dec;32(12):361-367. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1177/17504589221091063. PMID: 35445624
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Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2021 Sep 3;19(1):139. doi: 10.1186/s12969-021-00626-x. PMID: 34479590Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Asif MI, Raj N, Kalra N, Yadav MA, Bafna RK, Sinha R
Eur J Ophthalmol 2023 Jul;33(4):1517-1528. Epub 2022 Sep 19 doi: 10.1177/11206721221126301. PMID: 36124376
Grzybowski A, Zemaitiene R, Markeviciute A, Tuuminen R
Am J Ophthalmol 2022 May;237:139-145. Epub 2021 Nov 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.11.021. PMID: 34843687
Topete A, Saramago B, Serro AP
Int J Pharm 2021 Jun 1;602:120613. Epub 2021 Apr 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120613. PMID: 33865952
Almenara C, Bartol-Puyal FA, Soriano D, Idoipe M, Chacón M, Méndez-Martínez S, Giménez G, Polo V
Eur J Ophthalmol 2021 Nov;31(6):3355-3366. Epub 2021 Jan 31 doi: 10.1177/1120672121991718. PMID: 33522302
Wormstone IM, Wang L, Liu CS
Exp Eye Res 2009 Feb;88(2):257-69. Epub 2008 Oct 29 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.10.016. PMID: 19013456

Diagnosis

Asif MI, Raj N, Kalra N, Yadav MA, Bafna RK, Sinha R
Eur J Ophthalmol 2023 Jul;33(4):1517-1528. Epub 2022 Sep 19 doi: 10.1177/11206721221126301. PMID: 36124376
Zhang K, Dong Y, Zhao M, Nie L, Ding X, Zhu C
PLoS One 2021;16(3):e0246316. Epub 2021 Mar 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246316. PMID: 33720958Free PMC Article
Lu C, Yu S, Song H, Zhao Y, Xie S, Tang X, Yuan X
BMC Ophthalmol 2019 Feb 4;19(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12886-019-1051-z. PMID: 30717688Free PMC Article
Garcia-Medina JJ, Del Rio-Vellosillo M, Zanon-Moreno V, Santos-Bueso E, Gallego-Pinazo R, Ferreras A, Pinazo-Duran MD
Biomed Res Int 2015;2015:813242. Epub 2015 Jun 8 doi: 10.1155/2015/813242. PMID: 26167499Free PMC Article
Murrill CA, Stanfield DL, Van Brocklin MD
Optom Clin 1995;4(4):69-83. PMID: 7488799

Therapy

Wormstone IM, Eldred JA
Exp Eye Res 2016 Jan;142:2-12. Epub 2015 May 1 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.04.021. PMID: 25939555
Schmidbauer JM, Vargas LG, Peng Q, Escobar-Gomez M, Werner L, Arthur SN, Apple DJ
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Bertelmann E, Kojetinsky C
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Clark DS
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2000 Feb;11(1):56-64. doi: 10.1097/00055735-200002000-00009. PMID: 10724829
Apple DJ, Solomon KD, Tetz MR, Assia EI, Holland EY, Legler UF, Tsai JC, Castaneda VE, Hoggatt JP, Kostick AM
Surv Ophthalmol 1992 Sep-Oct;37(2):73-116. doi: 10.1016/0039-6257(92)90073-3. PMID: 1455302

Prognosis

Liu Y, Chen T, Zheng G
Exp Eye Res 2021 Jun;207:108572. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108572. PMID: 33844960
Fișuș AD, Findl O
Eye (Lond) 2020 Feb;34(2):256-262. Epub 2019 Dec 5 doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0723-5. PMID: 31804626Free PMC Article
Stepanov A, Nekolova J, Jiraskova N, Rozsival P
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2016 Mar;160(1):143-8. Epub 2015 Sep 3 doi: 10.5507/bp.2015.039. PMID: 26365930
Gangwani V, Hirnschall N, Koshy J, Crnej A, Nishi Y, Maurino V, Findl O
J Cataract Refract Surg 2011 Nov;37(11):1988-92. Epub 2011 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.05.035. PMID: 21907536
Tetz MR, Nimsgern C
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Clinical prediction guides

Ucar F, Cetinkaya S
Int Ophthalmol 2022 Oct;42(10):3089-3095. Epub 2022 Apr 4 doi: 10.1007/s10792-022-02295-5. PMID: 35378639
Shibata S, Shibata N, Ohtsuka S, Yoshitomi Y, Kiyokawa E, Yonekura H, Singh DP, Sasaki H, Kubo E
Cells 2021 Apr 9;10(4) doi: 10.3390/cells10040863. PMID: 33918979Free PMC Article
Liu Y, Chen T, Zheng G
Exp Eye Res 2021 Jun;207:108572. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108572. PMID: 33844960
Wormstone IM, Eldred JA
Exp Eye Res 2016 Jan;142:2-12. Epub 2015 May 1 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.04.021. PMID: 25939555
Findl O, Buehl W, Bauer P, Sycha T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Feb 17;2010(2):CD003738. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003738.pub3. PMID: 20166069Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Daud F, Daud K, Popovic MM, Yeung S, You Y, Cruz Pimentel M, Yan P
Ophthalmol Retina 2023 Aug;7(8):721-731. Epub 2023 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2023.03.017. PMID: 37030392
Vasavada AR, Praveen MR, Tassignon MJ, Shah SK, Vasavada VA, Vasavada VA, Van Looveren J, De Veuster I, Trivedi RH
J Cataract Refract Surg 2011 Jan;37(1):173-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.036. PMID: 21183112
Findl O, Buehl W, Bauer P, Sycha T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Feb 17;2010(2):CD003738. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003738.pub3. PMID: 20166069Free PMC Article
Buehl W, Findl O
J Cataract Refract Surg 2008 Nov;34(11):1976-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.07.029. PMID: 19006748
Findl O, Buehl W, Bauer P, Sycha T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD003738. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003738.pub2. PMID: 17636731

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