Soemmering ring
| Soemmering ring | |
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Soemmering ring is an annular swelling of the periphery of the lens capsule.[1] In 1828, Detmar Wilhelm Sömmerring observed posterior capsule opacification and then described Soemmering's ring[2][3][4] as deposits of retained equatorial lens epithelial cells which continue to proliferate and form new cortical fibers which eventually form a ring of cortical fibers between the posterior capsule and the edges of the anterior capsule remnant.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Soemmering's ring". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Detmar Wilhelm Soemmerring: Beobachtungen über die organischen Veränderungen im Auge nach Staaroperationen. Verlag von Wilhelm Ludwig Wesché, Frankfurt am Main 1828
- ^ Julius Hirschberg: History of ophthalmology (1987)
- ^ Weinand F et al: Phakogene Uveitis bei Luxation des Soemmering'schen Nachstarwulstes ... Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 2004, 221, 277-279.
- ^ Bhattacharjee H, Deshmukh S (December 2017). "Soemmering's ring". Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 65 (12): 1489. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_913_17. PMC 5742989. PMID 29208841.
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