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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2025 Jun 29;8(5):e17. doi: 10.1016/j.ogla.2025.06.002

Lens Capsule Deposit in an Eye with Prior Trabeculectomy

Helena Gali 1, Wendy W Liu 1,*
PMCID: PMC13178692  NIHMSID: NIHMS2168426  PMID: 40581868

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A 66-year-old patient who had undergone a trabeculectomy 3 years prior presented with cataract and a deposit on the anterior lens capsule. There was no history of intraocular inflammation. During cataract extraction, the deposit was removed and sent for pathology, which showed that it was consistent with scleral tissue. The piece of scleral tissue likely migrated into the anterior chamber following sclerotomy during the prior trabeculectomy procedure and deposited on the lens capsule.

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