Fibroblast-like cells on intraocular lens implants: phagocytosing erythrocytes.
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An intraocular lens implant had to be removed 4 years after its implantation from the eye of a patient on warfarin (Coumadin) medication because of repeated intraocular haemorrhages. Implant cytology staining revealed a continuous membrane on the removed implant that contained relatively few large foreign body giant cells and great numbers of small fibroblast-like cells. An impressive clean-up function of the fibroblast-like cells with phagocytosis of whole erythrocytes was observed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 67 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983