purpose: to report a case of capsular bag distension syndrome (cbds) with solid material presenting eight years after cataract surgery. case report: a 58-years-old female who underwent an uneventful clear-cornea phacoemulsification with in-the-bag intraocular lens (iol) implantation in the right eye, presented with a chief complaint of blurred vision (va: 20/200) and cobweb like matter appearin...

Capsular bag distension syndrome is a very rare complication of cataract surgery. Most cases occur after uneventful phacoemulsification with continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and implantation of an intraocular lens in the capsular bag. The entity presents with reduction of visual acuity and myopic shift in the early-to-late postoperative period. Characteristic findings include the distension...

Late capsular bag distension syndrome occurs most of the time with the accumulation of opaque milky fluid behind the IOL, without refractive change, like in one of our cases. The other case that we will describe had an accumulation of a clear fluid behind the IOL with an induced hyperopia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first published report of capsular bag distension syndrome with ...