Purpose: To present 2 cases of anterior lenticonus in patients without Alport's syndrome, a surgical technique of cataract extraction in eyes with anterior lenticonus, and histological results of lenticonus specimens obtained intraoperatively.
Setting: From St. Eriks Eye Clinic, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Methods: Two otherwise healthy patients presented with anterior lenticonus but no history of Alport's or other pathology. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was decreased. Both patients had cataract extraction by phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation under topical anesthesia. Two continuous curvilinear capsulorhexes (CCCs) were created. The entire lenticonus was embedded in formaldehyde buffer 4% for histological analysis.
Results: In the first patient, BCVA did not improve postoperatively because of amblyopia. The patient subjectively reported a substantial improvement in visual field clarity. The surgical and postoperative course in the other patient was uneventful. The sections were positive for collagen types IV and VI, and the arrangement of the collagen fibers was highly irregular.
Conclusion: Anterior lenticonus was detected in patients without Alport's syndrome who were otherwise healthy. A modified 2-step CCC technique can be used to make cataract surgery in such eyes safe and relatively easy.
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