Soemmering ring

Soemmering ring
SpecialtyOphthalmology

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] 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.[4]


References

  1. ↑ "Soemmering's ring". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Julius Hirschberg: History of ophthalmology (1987)
  3. ↑ Weinand F et al: Phakogene Uveitis bei Luxation des Soemmering'schen Nachstarwulstes ... Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 2004, 221, 277-279.
  4. ↑ Bhattacharjee H, Deshmukh S (December 2017). "Soemmering's ring". Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 65 (12): 1489. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_913_17. PMC 5742989. PMID 29208841.


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