A 49-year-old Caucasian male presented with a dense right-sided cortical cataract in 2007 at the age of 44. HIV infection was diagnosed in 1997. His ocular history included bilateral keratoconus, bilateral uveitis, and multifocal choroiditis, which had been treated with eight intravitreal triamcinolone (IVTA) injections previously and was quiescent at the time of his cataract surgery. His right eye vision was 3/60 preoperatively. He underwent uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery and implantation of a 15.5D Alcon SN60WF into the bag. Postoperatively, his acuity improved to 6/12. Subsequently, he underwent right eye vitrectomy for long-standing vitritis in 2008. Seventy-five months after his initial PCIOL implant, he represented with visual loss in the right eye due to an in-bag IOL dislocation. He underwent a pars plana vitrectomy and removal of IOL. He was left aphakic and managed with a hard contact lens. On the last review in June 2014, his right eye corrected visual acuity was 6/7.5.
An 81-year-old Caucasian male presented with long-standing right-sided multifocal choroiditis and retinal vasculitis complicated by choroidal neovascularization with a macular scar and bilateral moderate glaucoma. He developed progressive anterior and posterior subcapsular cataract. Preoperatively, the patient’s uveitis was controlled with topical steroids only. He underwent uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract extraction with a 19.0D Alcon SN60WF in-bag implant in 2000. Postoperatively, his vision was initially 6/36. Due to his choroidal neovascular membrane, the vision in his right eye progressively deteriorated to light perception only by 2009. He represented in 2013 at the age of 80, 165 months after his initial right eye IOL implant, with in-bag dislocation of his PCIOL. He was managed conservatively due to the poor visual potential.