Late Intraocular Lens Dislocation Resulting From Haptic Breakage Following Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Samantha Prabakaran; Mouwafak Moureiden; Saima Qureshi; Aman Sharma; Trisha Tran; Saad Shaikh

doi:10.7759/cureus.10456

Late Intraocular Lens Dislocation Resulting From Haptic Breakage Following Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Cureus. 2020 Sep 14;12(9):e10456. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10456.

Authors

Samantha Prabakaran¹, Mouwafak Moureiden², Saima Qureshi^{3

4}, Aman Sharma^{5

4}, Trisha Tran⁵, Saad Shaikh^{1

6

4

7

5}

Affiliations

¹ Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, USA.
² College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
³ Ophthalmology, Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, USA.
⁴ Ophthalmology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington DC, USA.
⁵ Ophthalmology, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orlando, USA.
⁶ Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
⁷ Ophthalmology, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, USA.

Abstract

We report a case of an asymptomatic 65-year-old male who on routine eye examination had anterior dislocation of an intraocular lens (IOL) implant placed 23 years prior. Ten months prior to presentation, the patient had cardiac surgery complicated by cardiac arrest requiring chest compressions. Dislocation of an intraocular lens is a rare complication of cataract surgery. One of the causative factors for haptic breakage in our case was the polyimide haptic material. Polyimide has been shown to become brittle over time in warm and moist environments such as the human eye. This case demonstrates a case of late IOL dislocation chest compressions and, to the best of our knowledge, the first such case reported in the literature.

Keywords: cardiac; cataract; cataract surgery; chest compressions; dislocated; haptic; haptic breakage; iol; lens.

Publication types

Case Reports