Publications by authors named "Jonas J Van den Heurck"

Purpose: To report a case of Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines with unusual ocular features.

Methods: The authors describe a case of a 7-year-old girl with Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines and anomalous optic disks.

Results: A 7-year-old girl with genetically proven Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines ( PTPN11 gene mutation) and anomalous optic disks was referred for treatment of persistent macular detachment after 1 year of conservative follow-up.

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Purpose: To describe a case of traumatic soft contact lens dislocation into the vitreous space after a large-sized corneal perforation with a clout nail, causing aniridia but leaving the crystalline lens intact.

Methods: A case report of a 44-year-old male patient with a corneal perforation.

Results: The patient presented with a traumatic corneal perforation after a large clout nail impacted on his left eye.

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Purpose: To determine the incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and associated risk factors after phacoemulsification and bag-in-the-lens intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

Setting: Antwerp University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp, Belgium.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

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