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]
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]