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Cureus | Bilateral Sequential Spontaneous Anterior Dislocated Intraocular Lens in a Patient With Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa is one of the risk factors for intraocular lens dislocation post cataract surgery which can lead to many complications. A 64-year-old Chinese female with bilateral pseudophakia and retinitis pigmentosa was referred for the continuation of care in 2009 with baseline visual acuity of hand movement bilaterally due to the retinitis pigmentosa. The cataract surgeries with posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation in her early 50s were uneventful.

In 2011, her right eye PCIOL dislocated anteriorly into the anterior chamber spontaneously and touched the cornea. It was complicated with bullous keratopathy and corneal decompensation. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was normal. PCIOL explantation, anterior vitrectomy and surgical peripheral iridotomy were performed. However, the cornea remained decompensated postoperatively.

Her left eye was stable until 2019 when she developed acute angle closure secondary to complete anterior dislocation of PCIOL ....

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