HYPOTONY - AN UNUSUAL CONSEQUENCE OF INTRAOCULAR-LENS MALPOSITION

Common causes of postoperative hypotony include wound leakage, inflamm atory reaction of the ciliary body, cyclodialysis, and ciliochoroidal detachment. We present an unusual case of ocular hypotony in a pseudop hakic eye associated with distortion of the ciliary body by a decenter ed posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) haptic. A simple surgical repositioning of the IOL relieved the hypotony by eliminating the irri tation by the IOL haptic on the distorted edematous ciliary body. Cili ochoroidal irritation by IOL haptics should be considered a possible c ause of ocular hypotony in a pseudophakic eye.