Fig. 5.

a Photomicrograph of epithelial cells at the crystalline lens equator in an eye bearing an unperforated ICL. A mixture of light cells and dark cells is present. b Electron-microscope image of epithelial cells at the crystalline lens equator in an eye containing an unperforated ICL. Neither light nor dark cells exhibit any structural abnormality in their organelles. However, in the granular endoplasmic reticulum of the dark cells there are many enlarged cisterns. c Photomicrograph of epithelial cells at the equator of the crystalline lens in an eye with a perforated ICL. Few dark cells can be seen. d Electron-microscope image of epithelial cells at the equator of the crystalline lens in an eye bearing a perforated ICL. There is no structural abnormality in the organelles