Pathology of eyes with intraocular lenses.

Pathological changes in eyes containing intraocular lenses were studied in the 28 specimens which constitute the collection of eyes with intraocular lenses at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. Except for an occasional nest of lymphocytes, local areas of tissue thinning and fibrous reaction where there had been tissue compression, the striking finding in these eyes has been the lack of pathological response. Most of them showed a significant loss of endothelial cells but none had clinical corneal dystrophy.